Gold Coast man charged with domestic violence offences after emergency declaration
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A Gold Coast man, believed to have a firearm and who triggered a school lockdown and made threats against police, has been charged.
The 37-year-old suffered a dog bite to his forearm on Wednesday afternoon when police arrested him after a search that lasted more than 24 hours.
Police are searching for the man in an exclusion zone in Ormeau on the Gold Coast on Tuesday.
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Police wanted to question the man over an incident in Upper Coomera on Monday.
However, police began searching an area in Ormeau, causing an emergency declaration to be made for five hours, and forcing the Ormeau State School into lockdown for five hours on Tuesday.
Man who sparked emergency declaration on Gold Coast arrested
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Mark Lutgenau was allegedly involved in a domestic violence incident at Upper Coomera on Monday.
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The man at the centre of Tuesday s six-hour emergency declaration on the Gold Coast has been arrested by police.
Mark Lutgenau, 37, was bitten on the arm by a police dog during his arrest at Baloo Street in Nerang, shortly after 4:00pm on Wednesday.
Another emergency declaration was made under the Public Safety Preservation Act for the local area during the arrest.
Mr Lutgenau was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital and remains there under police guard.
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Arrest of man, Nerang
Police have arrested a man at Nerang this afternoon following an alleged domestic violence incident at Upper Coomera on March 15 and two subsequent emergency declarations under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) yesterday and today.
At 4.06pm this afternoon, police made an emergency declaration under the PSPA at Baloo Street, where they arrested a 37-year-old man shortly after.
The PSPA was revoked at 4.22pm.
During the course of the arrest, the man received a police dog bite to the forearm and was subsequently transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital where he remains under police guard.
Mark Lutgenau (pictured), 37, has been arrested in the Gold Coast after a 30-hour manhunt
A fugitive gunman wanted over an alleged domestic violence incident has been arrested after a 30-hour manhunt across the Gold Coast.
Mark Lutgenau was taken into custody by Special Emergency Response Team officers at a Nerang address about 4.15pm on Wednesday.
He was bitten on the forearm during the arrest and was transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital where he remains under police guard.
After receiving treatment, Lutgenau will be taken to a police station for questioning, where charges are expected to be laid over a string of incidents.
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