Man Who Had Rooftop Standoff With Police Faces Several Charges
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- An Anoka man who climbed atop a north Minneapolis home after fleeing law enforcement was charged Friday with multiple crimes.
The Hennepin County Attorney's office says Richard Dean Podvin, 37, is charged with two counts of fifth-degree drug possession, one count of first-degree burglary, one count of a prohibited person in possession of a gun and one count of fleeing police in a motor vehicle.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office's Violent Offender Task Force and U.S. Marshals were searching for Podvin Wednesday, who had been convicted of third-degree assault.
He was spotted in a car on Humboldt Avenue North. Podvin drove off, and led law enforcement on a high-speed chase. Podvin hit a Hennepin County Sheriff's squad car head-on, and then fled on foot.
He forced his way into a home with a family inside and climbed to the roof, where he stayed for three hours until officers talked him down and arrested him.
Police found a gun, pills and a small amount of meth on Podvin.
The date of his first court appearance has not been released.
