{"id":11140,"date":"2026-01-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=11140"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:13:20","slug":"new-york-mills-dad-charged-after-meth-sale-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/new-york-mills-dad-charged-after-meth-sale-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Mills Dad Charged After Meth Sale at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Mills, Otter Tail County<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) A New York Mills man is charged after a claimed meth sale at his home.<\/p>\n

Charges filed<\/h2>\n

Joshua Steven Bernu, 34, of New York Mills, is charged in Minnesota state court.<\/p>\n

He faces felony second-degree drug sale of 10 grams or more.<\/p>\n

The charge cites Minnesota Statute 152.022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He also faces gross misdemeanor child endangerment.<\/p>\n

That charge cites Minnesota Statute 609.378<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bernu is presumed innocent.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors must prove the charges in court.<\/p>\n

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Joshua Steven Bernu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What the complaint alleges<\/h2>\n

The complaint says investigators used a confidential informant during a controlled buy.<\/p>\n

The informant allegedly arranged to buy a half-ounce of meth for $350.<\/p>\n

The deal was set for August 4, 2025, at Bernu\u2019s rural residence.<\/p>\n

The address area is listed on County Highway 76 near New York Mills.<\/p>\n

The complaint says the informant identified Bernu from a photo before the buy.<\/p>\n

The informant was given pre-recorded buy money and a recording device.<\/p>\n

The complaint says the informant went inside and was led downstairs.<\/p>\n

The informant reported hearing children upstairs during the deal.<\/p>\n

The complaint says Bernu handed over a prepackaged bag of suspected meth.<\/p>\n

The informant reported that Bernu\u2019s wife was in the room during the exchange.<\/p>\n

The informant said she was smoking methamphetamine at that time.<\/p>\n

The informant also reported that another man was in the room.<\/p>\n

Drug test result<\/h2>\n

After the meeting, the informant gave the substance to investigators, the complaint says.<\/p>\n

The package was sent to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension<\/a> for testing.<\/p>\n

The lab reported it was methamphetamine and weighed 13.958 grams.<\/p>\n

Warrant, filing date, and bail<\/h2>\n

Court records list the case file date as January 14, 2026.<\/p>\n

The offense date listed in the complaint is August 4, 2025.<\/p>\n

A warrant was issued for Bernu\u2019s arrest, court documents say.<\/p>\n

The warrant was signed by Judge Kevin M. Miller, records show.<\/p>\n

After Bernu was arrested, bail was set by Judge Johnathan R. Judd.<\/p>\n

The court listed a $1,000 cash option with conditions.<\/p>\n

The court also listed a $10,000 non-cash bond option with conditions.<\/p>\n

An $80,000 option was listed for release without conditions.<\/p>\n

Mandatory conditions include obeying laws and attending all court dates.<\/p>\n

You can find general court access details at the Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

New York Mills, Otter Tail County (trfnews.i234.me) A New York Mills man is charged after a claimed meth sale at his home. Charges filed Joshua Steven Bernu, 34, of New York Mills, is charged in Minnesota state court. He faces felony second-degree drug sale of 10 grams or more. The charge cites Minnesota Statute 152.022.… Continue reading New York Mills Dad Charged After Meth Sale at Home<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11423,"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":[346,770,1239,4333,9945,772,2321,96,9943,1026,1186,4135,818,3328,1025,384,7230,2548,6416,9944,786,683],"class_list":["post-11140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-after","tag-charged","tag-child-endangerment","tag-controlled-buy","tag-county-highway-76","tag-crime","tag-dad","tag-home","tag-joshua-steven-bernu","tag-meth","tag-methamphetamine","tag-mills","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-bca","tag-minnesota-court-records","tag-new","tag-new-york-mills","tag-otter-tail-county","tag-sale","tag-second-degree-drug-sale","tag-trf-news","tag-york","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11140","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=11140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11430,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11140\/revisions\/11430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}