Alleged Domestic Violence In Cottage Grove Leads To SWAT Team Standoff

A Washington County SWAT team was called to a home Monday for a Cottage Grove man accused of domestic assault.

The incident ended after a two-hour standoff during which police set up a perimeter outside the suspect’s house. Authorities believed he was possibly armed.

Cottage Grove officials activated the city's "Code Red alert system," alerting nearby residents of the dangerous situation and telling them to stay indoors.

Police eventually arrested 26-year-old Matthew Joseph Franssen at about 12:45 a.m. after he allegedly tried to flee the house as a SWAT vehicle breached the home, the Southwest County Bulletin reported:

Franssen was booked at the Washington County jail on suspicion of second-degree assault with a knife, domestic assault-strangulation and domestic assault. Formal criminal charges were pending Monday, police said.

Police were called at 9:11 p.m. Sunday to a report of a woman who had been assaulted by her boyfriend at their home. The call came from a neighboring home, where the woman had fled to following the alleged assault.

Read much more at the Southwest County Bulletin.

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