📍 Thief River Falls, MN – The latest court records from Pennington County include multiple convictions for driving while intoxicated (DWI), reckless handling of weapons, and theft.
Minnesota State Patrol Cases:
🚨 Becki Lyn Salmonson, 49 (St. Hilaire)
✔️ Charge: Second-degree DWI (two aggravating factors)
✔️ Sentence:
- $715 fine
- 364 days in jail (334 stayed for four years)
- Credit for 2 days served
- Eligible for electronic home monitoring
- Four years of probation
- Required treatment and aftercare
🚨 Emmanuel Castillo Olivera, 39 (Corning, CA)
✔️ Charge: Speeding 83/60
✔️ Sentence: $225 fine
✔️ Additional Charge: No insurance – Dismissed
🚨 David Allen Jones, 47 (Gatzke, MN)
✔️ Charge: Speeding 65/60
✔️ Sentence: $125 fine
Thief River Falls Police Department Cases:
🚨 Tyran Mekell Jones, 29 (Thief River Falls)
✔️ Charge: Second-degree DWI
✔️ Sentence:
- $1,230 fine
- 364 days in jail (334 stayed for four years)
- Credit for 3 days served
- 27 days may be served on electronic home monitoring
- Four years probation
- Required treatment and aftercare
🚨 Jesse James Castor, 22 (Thief River Falls)
✔️ Charge: Recklessly handling dangerous weapons
✔️ Sentence:
- $210 fine
- 30 days in jail (stayed for one year)
- One year of unsupervised probation
🚨 Jaydin Michael Smith, 20 (Thief River Falls)
✔️ Charge: Third-degree DWI (0.16 BAC or greater)
✔️ Sentence:
- $695 fine
- 364 days in jail (stayed for two years)
- Two years probation
- Required treatment and aftercare
🚨 Amber Lynn Suronen, 36 (Thief River Falls)
✔️ Charge: Domestic assault – Dismissed
🚨 Chad Michael Nelson, 44 (Thief River Falls)
✔️ Charge: Domestic abuse – Violation of a protection order
✔️ Sentence:
- $50 fine
- One year of unsupervised probation
- Stay of adjudication
🚨 Ramon Rendon Jr., 41 (Thief River Falls)
✔️ Charge: Theft
✔️ Sentence:
- $175 fine
- Two years probation
- $277.82 in restitution
✔️ Additional Charge: Another theft case (adjudication stayed), one year of unsupervised probation
Pennington County Sheriff’s Office Cases:
🚨 Hunter Grey Hatloy, 27 (Thief River Falls)
✔️ Charge: Traffic violation – Approaching train in hazardous proximity
✔️ Sentence:
- $50 fine
- One year of unsupervised probation
✔️ Additional Charge: Possession of an open cannabis package in a vehicle – Dismissed
🚨 Cassondra Elizabeth Jones, 41 (Newfolden, MN)
✔️ Charge: Driving after cancellation – Dismissed
🚨 Ramon Rendon Jr., 41 (Thief River Falls)
✔️ Charge: Trespassing
✔️ Sentence:
- $50 fine
- One year of unsupervised probation
- No contact with victim(s)
✔️ Additional Charge: Third-degree damage to property – Dismissed
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I’m Chris Harper, reporting for TRF News