God injured after scuffle

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Man held in St. Paul standoff

Following a several-hour standoff Saturday morning, St. Paul police detained a man who apparently was hiding on his front porch with a loaded shotgun and a samurai sword.

James M. Soderbeck, 31, of St. Paul had jumped on his girlfriend on the porch of the house in the 1700 block of Minnehaha Avenue E.

Soderbeck said he was going to snap her neck, according to police accounts. She fought free. During the struggle, Soderbeck broke a window when his head hit it.

His mother, who also lives in the house, called 911 shortly before 5 a.m. The girlfriend got on the phone and told the operator that Soderbeck had a shotgun and had taken lithium, methamphetamines and alcohol. He also told her that he was God and that he had created diamonds, she reported.

When police arrived, they removed Soderbeck's mother and girlfriend from the scene.

They were told that Soderbeck had barricaded himself on the front porch with a mattress, hiding behind it with a shotgun. Officers tried to speak with him through a door to the porch, but he refused to leave.

The Police Department's critical incident response team was called in. At 8:45 a.m. officers entered the house and subdued Soderbeck after a scuffle. They found the shotgun and sword near his hiding place.

He suffered minor scrapes and bruises, as well as cuts on his head from the broken window. He was booked in a locked unit at Regions Hospital on charges of making terroristic threats and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Washington County authorities had two warrants out for his arrest, including one for offering a forged check.


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