Duvall
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor
HART — A 25-year-old Shelby man who was involved in an hours long standoff with police after slitting another man’s throat last July pleaded “no contest” to assault with intent to murder in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Sept. 9.
Logan Nathaniel Duvall remains lodged in the Oceana County Jail on a $1 million cash bond. He faces a minimum of 15 years in prison for the conviction and a maximum term of up to life in prison, said Oceana County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Bizon.
The standoff occurred in the early morning hours of July 1 on Fourth Street in Shelby.
Duvall slit a 26-year-old Hart man’s throat with an “edged weapon,” previously said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The man appears to have recovered from his injuries.
“The (plea) agreement was made after consultation with and the agreement of the victim,” said Prosecutor Bizon.
Duvall and his brother, 40-year-old Shane Mitchell Pollard, were arrested shortly before 8 a.m., July 1. Pollard, who is free on a personal recognizance bond, is charged with assaulting/resisting/obstructing police for his role in the police standoff. He is scheduled to appear in 51st Circuit Court for a pretrial hearing, Sept. 23.
Mast said Duvall and Pollard were in the home for about three hours until finally surrendering to police who used tear gas to get them out. People who live in the area were evacuated from their homes.
Duvall has a lengthy criminal record. He was sentenced to 13 months to 10 years in prison, April 6, 2020, in Oceana County’s 27th (now 51st) Circuit Court for a conviction of breaking and entering with intent. He testified that he stole a quad from a barn in Leavitt Township and then returned to the crime scene to steal gas. He was wanted by police for car theft while on the run from law enforcement in December of 2019, but later captured. He was sentenced Dec. 3, 2018 to 18 months to 10 years in prison for a conviction of probation violation.
When he was 18 years old, Duvall was on probation for a conviction of receiving and concealing firearms and was convicted of tampering with an electronic monitoring device, July 31, 2017, for cutting off his tether with scissors.
Duvall pleaded “no contest” Monday to car theft in a separate case that stems from a May 18, 2024 offense.
Alternative charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and assault with a dangerous weapon will be dismissed.
Sentencing is set for Dec. 2.
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