Stewartville man charged for standoff

Published 6:00 pm Saturday, July 25, 2015

The Stewartville man who allegedly led police to an almost three-hour standoff Wednesday has been charged with terroristic threats and domestic assault.

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Richard Jordan, 27, allegedly threatened to shoot his girlfriend and had two loaded guns — a shotgun and a .22-caliber rifle — inside his home, according to a court complaint.

People’s Energy Cooperative reported Jordan’s victim shouted over the phone that he was trying to kill her at about 11 a.m.

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At the same time, Jordan allegedly yelled the victim was crazy and tried to lock him out of his home.

From there, Mower and Olmsted county deputies set up a perimeter around Jordan’s house at the 76500 block of Mower-Olmsted Road.

Deputies found the victim safe outside the house. Jordan wasn’t home, however.

Jordan led deputies to believe he was still inside when he actually snuck out the back door with his mastiff dog, ran through a corn field and went to a neighbor’s house before law enforcement arrived.

Jordan gave himself up to deputies shortly before 2 p.m.

The victim told police she and Jordan had argued and she threatened to leave the house with his dog, which prompted Jordan to threaten to kill her. When she returned home, she saw the guns loaded while Jordan was on the phone, which he told police was to get his name off of the utility bill.

Jordan told police he had loaded the guns and intended to shoot clay targets, as well as a rabbit. He said he didn’t know whether he told her he would kill her, according to the complaint.