{"id":10702,"date":"2026-01-16T05:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=10702"},"modified":"2026-01-16T05:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:45:26","slug":"cass-lake-man-charged-in-sex-assault-stalking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/cass-lake-man-charged-in-sex-assault-stalking\/","title":{"rendered":"Cass Lake: Man Charged in Sex Assault, Stalking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cass Lake, Minnesota<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Cass Lake man is facing three felony charges.<\/p>\n

Court documents link the case to an alleged incident on January 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

Charges filed<\/h2>\n

Matic J. Wakanabo, of Cass Lake, faces felony charges of criminal sexual conduct involving penetration, stalking, and terroristic threats.<\/p>\n

The complaint says the woman reported threats and forced sex on January 1.<\/p>\n

Investigators also allege Wakanabo kept contacting her after that report.<\/p>\n

The filing does not identify the woman by name.<\/p>\n

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Matic J. Wakanabo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What the complaint alleges<\/h2>\n

According to the complaint, the woman said Wakanabo threatened to hit her.<\/p>\n

She also said he threatened to force sex on her.<\/p>\n

The complaint states she reported sexual penetration during the incident.<\/p>\n

Afterward, the woman said she received repeated calls and text messages.<\/p>\n

The filing describes that contact as unwanted and ongoing.<\/p>\n

She told investigators the messages made her fear more harm.<\/p>\n

Stalking charges can involve repeated unwanted contact or harassment.<\/p>\n

What happens next<\/h2>\n

Felony charges are allegations and must be proven in court.<\/p>\n

Wakanabo is presumed innocent unless a jury or judge finds guilt.<\/p>\n

Future hearings, bail terms, and any plea are set by the court.<\/p>\n

Those details may appear later in online court records.<\/p>\n

How to track the case<\/h2>\n

Public case information may be available through Minnesota Court Records Online.<\/p>\n

Readers can search by name on the MCRO Case Search<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

The courts also explain access limits on their MCRO information page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related laws and resources<\/h2>\n

Minnesota law defines criminal sexual conduct involving penetration in Minn. Stat. \u00a7 609.342<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Minnesota\u2019s stalking law is in Minn. Stat. \u00a7 609.749<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Minnesota\u2019s terroristic threats law is in Minn. Stat. \u00a7 609.713<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cass County has information on harassment restraining orders here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Minnesota Attorney General offers a stalking guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For confidential help, RAINN offers 24\/7 support here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cass Lake, Minnesota (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 A Cass Lake man is facing three felony charges. Court documents link the case to an alleged incident on January 1, 2026. Charges filed Matic J. Wakanabo, of Cass Lake, faces felony charges of criminal sexual conduct involving penetration, stalking, and terroristic threats. The complaint says the woman reported threats… Continue reading Cass Lake: Man Charged in Sex Assault, Stalking<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[1135,767,1048,9466,4818,770,772,1284,5329,1455,9467,151,3229,1025,794,9468,7181,3773,1302],"class_list":["post-10702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-assault","tag-cass","tag-cass-county-court","tag-cass-lake-man-charged-with-sex-crime-more","tag-cass-lake-mn","tag-charged","tag-crime","tag-criminal-sexual-conduct","tag-harassment-restraining-order","tag-lake","tag-madak-james-wakanabo","tag-man","tag-mcro-case-search","tag-minnesota-court-records","tag-sex","tag-sexual-assault-charge","tag-stalking-charge","tag-stalking","tag-terroristic-threats","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10708,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10702\/revisions\/10708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}