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City of Duluth Police Department
 
2030 North Arlington Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota 55811
218-730-5400 | www.duluthmn.gov | Gordon Ramsay, Chief of Police
 
For more information contact Jim Hansen, Public Information Officer 218-390-2232
     
DATE: 09/14/2012
NATURE OF INCIDENT: Duluth Man Formally Charged with Second Degree Possession of Heroin
CASE NO.: 12178158
INCIDENT DATE :09/12/2012
INCIDENT TIME:
INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 block of West Superior Street
SUBJECT: Duluth Man Formally Charged with Second Degree Possession of Heroin
BY: DPD Public Information Officer Jim Hansen (218) 390-2232
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On Wednesday, September 12th, 2012 Andrew Wayne Clarke DOB: 10/21/1966 was arrested in the 500 block of West Superior Street by investigators from the Lake Superior Drug and Violence Crimes Task Force (LSDVCTF) with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (BATFE).  Clarke had two outstanding Saint Louis County Warrants for Controlled Substance Crimes in the Third Degree. During the arrest Clarke had 8.3 grams of heroin on him. 

Clarke is responsible for distributing substantial quantities of heroin in the Twin Ports area over the past two years.  We requested that the Saint Louis County Attorney’s Office make an argument to the judge for high bail because we feel he is a danger to the community.  That is based on the dramatic increase in heroin overdoses, both fatal and non-fatal that have occurred recently. 
 
Andrew Wayne Clarke has the following felony convictions:
 
  • Uttering a Forged Check – 1984
  • Burglary in the Second Degree – 1985
  • Offering a Forged Check – 1985
  • Controlled Substance Crime in the First Degree (2 separate convictions) – 1994
  • Fourth Degree Assault – 2006
  • Fifth Degree Possession of Controlled Substance – 2007
  • Identity Theft – 2008
  • Fifth Degree Possession of Controlled Substance – 2008
  • Theft from a Person – 2010
 
Andrew Clarke was transported to the Saint Louis County Jail and has been formally charged with 2 counts of Second Degree Possession of a Controlled Substance.