White Earth Woman Sentenced for False Crime Report
WHITE EARTH (trfnews.i234.me) — Erica Theresa Heisler has been sentenced for falsely reporting a crime.
Heisler, 31, received the misdemeanor sentence in Becker County District Court.
A felony charge alleging assistance to an offender was dismissed under a plea agreement.
False Fight Reported
Court records place the incident on October 2, 2025.
Heisler reported a fight at the former White Earth school, according to those records.
The report was intended to draw officers away from a rural Ogema home.
A man wanted on a warrant had reportedly been seen at the Moose Street residence.
Several officers responded to the school after receiving the fight report.
They found no evidence of an altercation at the location.
Meanwhile, agents entered the Ogema residence and found the wanted man in the basement.
He was arrested without incident, according to court records.
Call Made Under False Name
Investigators later determined the fight report had been made under a false name.
Special agents reviewed the recorded dispatch call as part of their investigation.
They identified Heisler’s voice on the recording, according to the court record.
The supplied records do not identify the false name used during the call.
Sentence Includes Jail and Probation
Heisler was sentenced on May 7 to 90 days in the Becker County Jail.
The court stayed 86 days for one year.
She was ordered to serve four days and received credit for four days served.
The court imposed a $150 fine and $160 in court fees.
Heisler was also placed on unsupervised probation for one year.
The supplied summary does not list additional probation conditions.
Minnesota False Reporting Law
Minnesota Statute 609.505 covers knowingly false crime reports made to law enforcement.
The law applies when someone intends officers to rely on the false information.
A first conviction is a misdemeanor under the statute.
A second or later conviction is classified as a gross misdemeanor.
The dismissed felony charge did not result in a conviction.
Court Information
The Becker County District Court is located in Detroit Lakes.
Public records may be available through Minnesota Court Records Online.
I’m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News.