Duluth firefighter to stand trial on assault charge in June Attorneys for Conrad Sunde have indicated they will argue self-defense and call several fellow firefighters as character witnesses. 5:12 pm, Apr. 3, 2021 × Conrad Sunde A trial date has been set for a firefighter accused of assaulting a woman along a western Duluth trail last summer. Conrad John Sunde IV, 49, of Proctor, will go before a jury June 29 for a trial scheduled to last three days at the St. Louis County Courthouse in Duluth. Sunde, a 20-year member of the Duluth Fire Department, is charged with felony third-degree assault for allegedly striking 65-year-old Mary Modec with his bike and grinding her face into the gravel on the Duluth Traverse Trail System after she confronted him about his off-leash dogs July 10.