Superior Telegram
Five people were arrested after a five-hour manhunt in the Borea area of rural Superior, according to a news release issued by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies executed a search warrant around 1 p.m. Thursday at 4584S County Highway C.
As the sheriff’s Bear Cat armored vehicle pulled into the driveway, surveillance officers watched five people - one thought to be armed with a handgun - run out of the back of the house into a wooded area east of the house.
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Officers set up a perimeter around almost 30 acres bound by County Highway C, Short Cut Road and the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe railroad tracks, closing Highway C and Short Cut Road.
After the house and property were cleared of additional people, officers began the first of several drives through the thickly forested area in attempts to locate the fleeing suspects.
Over the course of the next five hours, all five were taken into custody. They were all charged with resisting or obstructing an officer.
hose arrested a 25-year-old man from St. James, Minn.; Michel Bryce Martin, 28, of Two Harbors, Minn., wanted on a felony warrant out of Lake County, Minn.; Michael D Garrity, 27, of Superior, wanted on a warrant issued by the Minnesota Department of Corrections; Kennedy J Stuart, 18, Foxboro, wanted on felony warrants out of Carlton and Watonwan counties in Minnesota; and Kristy A Schleski, 25, of Superior, wanted on a warrant issued by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
Additional charges are pending as the scope of the investigation grows, according to the sheriff’s office. Firearms, drugs and paraphernalia, and stolen property tied to a group burglaries in the area were located during the warrant search.
Also assisting on this incident were the Wisconsin State Patrol, the Douglas County Humane Society, and the Douglas County Health Department, which deemed the house and property unfit for human habitation.
