St. Louis County deputies arrest three during Duluth warrant search
A search for one fugitive in Lincoln Park turned into three arrests after deputies found two more people with outstanding warrants at the same home.
A fugitive search in Duluth’s Lincoln Park neighborhood ended with three arrests after St. Louis County sheriff’s deputies found one wanted man hiding in an attic and then took two more people into custody at the same residence. Deputy Gavin Nichols and K-9 Volter were brought in to help with the warrant call.
Deputies opened the attic door and made K-9 announcements, and the fugitive surrendered without incident. While officers were still at the home, they encountered two additional people who also had outstanding arrest warrants and arrested them as well.
Nichols and Volter were the sheriff’s office’s newest K-9 team, and the department said they had already completed a successful deployment just days before the Lincoln Park arrest. The team’s quick follow-up work showed how the K-9 unit is being used in active fugitive searches across St. Louis County.
The county’s Warrant Division is responsible for carrying out arrest orders issued by lawful authority. St. Louis County says warrant information comes directly from the Sixth Judicial District Court and is entered into statewide and national databases, giving deputies a tool to locate people wanted on outstanding orders. The sheriff’s office says it serves a county of roughly 7,000 square miles and splits its work between law enforcement and warrant functions.
The arrests came as Lincoln Park continues to sit near the center of Duluth’s public-safety concerns. WDIO has also reported a fatal stabbing in the neighborhood on June 28, 2026, and on July 7, 2026, city leaders said three recent shootings in Duluth did not appear to be connected. Duluth Police launched an online crime map on December 18, 2024, covering incidents from the previous three years, part of a broader effort to track neighborhood crime patterns more openly.
For Lincoln Park, the warrant search showed how a single call can quickly widen into a broader enforcement action. Three people wanted on warrants were removed from one residence in a neighborhood already carrying close attention from Duluth police and city leaders.
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