Duluth man charged with strangling deputy, hiding in tree

Duluth man charged with strangling deputy, hiding in tree

DULUTH — A sheriff’s deputy said he was “very close to blacking out” and believed he might die when he was strangled by a suspect Monday in Rice Lake. Authorities on Wednesday charged Gideon Joseph Martin, 37, of Duluth, with four crimes, including first-degree assault of a peace officer. Court documents allege Martin began choking St. Louis County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Brown, who was attempting to confiscate a backpack at the request of ano…