Person cutting grass with machete in roadside ditch

Heard on: St. Louis County Sheriff / Duluth Police

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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St. Louis to Hermantown for suspicious activity.

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473.

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Blue Lake Road and Hermantown Road.

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There's a white male, (description withheld), no teeth, (description withheld), in a ditch cutting grass with a machete.

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He has a bike with him.

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Said he was cutting a path to his house, but it just seemed odd.

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438 St. Louis.

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Go ahead.

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Put 470 on that as well.

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470.

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Can you create me a follow-up at (number withheld) (number withheld) Avenue West?

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Do you need any status? Oh, thank you.

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I'm guessing it's probably (name withheld) that lives right by there.

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10-4.

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10-4, he's clear.

7/2/2026 09:39 AM

Suspicious Activity

Hermantown Rd, Hermantown, MN

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch received a report of a suspicious man in a ditch near Blue Lake Road and Hermantown Road in Hermantown, Minnesota. The man was reportedly cutting grass with a machete and said he was making a path to his house, and deputies were sent to check on the situation. A follow-up was requested at a specific address on 91st Avenue West.