Jesse Lee Fechner has pending criminal sexual conduct cases dating back to 2008. Written By: Andee Erickson | ×
Duluth police respond to an incident in the Piedmont Heights neighborhood Thursday, April 22, 2021. ( File / Teri Cadeau / News Tribune)
The 31-year-old Duluth man arrested Thursday night after a seven-hour standoff with police in a Piedmont Heights neighborhood house has been identified as Jesse Lee Fechner.
Duluth s public information officer, Kate Van Daele, confirmed Friday that Fechner was the suspect.
In March, Sixth District Court in Duluth issued three warrants for Fechner s arrest. According to court records, Fechner was convicted of first-degree DWI in 2018 and had violated his probation. He had also violated his conditions of release related to pending criminal sexual conduct cases.
Arrest made after 7-hour standoff in Duluth s Piedmont Heights neighborhood
The public was asked to stay away from the 2200 block of Nanticoke Street while police were on the scene for seven hours. Written By: Izabel Johnson | Teri Cadeau | 10:22 pm, Apr. 22, 2021 ×
A white smoky gas is emitted after a loud bang was heard during a standoff between the Duluth Police Department and a 30-year-old man with multiple arrest warrants in the Piedmont Heights neighborhood Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Teri Cadeau / tcadeau@duluthnews.com)
After a standoff lasting seven hours, a 30-year-old Duluth man who resisted arrest and barricaded himself inside his house in Duluth s Piedmont neighborhood Thursday afternoon was taken into custody by the Duluth Police Department at approximately 8:21 p.m. He was transported to a nearby hospital to be checked over before being taken to the St. Louis County Jail.
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BCA: Duluth Standoff Suspect Who Killed K9 Luna Incited 2 Shootouts With Police
David Conwell, 37, was shot and killed by St. Louis County deputies when he pointed his gun at them from the house s porch after prior gunfire, according to the BCA.
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The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says David Conwell, 37, of Duluth shot at Duluth police two separate times before his third attempt backfired in a big way being shot dead by St. Louis County deputies.
FOX 21’s Dan Hanger reports:
The latest from the BCA reveals Duluth police had no indication Conwell was armed after a 911 call from a neighbor about a possible physical domestic incident Thursday, Feb. 25 around 8:30 p.m., and officers could not determine if the female inside the home was actually assaulted when they spoke with her.
The BCA said the standoff began at about 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25 after a third party called 911 to report a possibly physical domestic situation. Duluth police officers responded to an apartment on the 2300 block of West 4th Street, where they spoke to a woman who lived there. According to the report, officers could not determine whether an assault took place.
The BCA said officers found out the male occupant of the apartment, Conwell, had felony warrants. They went into the apartment to find and arrest him, and said they had no indication at that point that Conwell could be armed.