{"id":12440,"date":"2026-01-21T05:07:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T11:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=12440"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:39:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T00:39:34","slug":"bemidji-woman-charged-after-mirror-assault-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/bemidji-woman-charged-after-mirror-assault-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji: Woman Charged After Mirror Assault Call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bemidji, Beltrami County<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Bemidji police arrested Jessica Lynn McLean after a reported assault, court papers say.<\/p>\n

What the police say happened<\/h2>\n

Police were called about 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 19.<\/p>\n

The call came from the 800 block of America Avenue Northwest in Bemidji.<\/p>\n

Police say McLean broke a mirror inside the home.<\/p>\n

Police say she then tried to cut people with the broken glass.<\/p>\n

Reported injuries<\/h2>\n

A woman at the scene had swelling and a deep cut over her left eye.<\/p>\n

The cut was bleeding heavily, police said.<\/p>\n

She was taken to a hospital for treatment, court papers say.<\/p>\n

The woman signed a medical release, the complaint says.<\/p>\n

She told police McLean hit her with an object.<\/p>\n

She said the room was dark.<\/p>\n

She could not say what she was hit with.<\/p>\n

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Jessica Lynn Mclean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arrest details and charges<\/h2>\n

Police later found McLean nearby, the complaint says.<\/p>\n

McLean told officers that another woman came at her first.<\/p>\n

She said she threw the woman down to defend herself.<\/p>\n

Officers wrote that McLean did not speak clearly.<\/p>\n

They said her sentences were not complete.<\/p>\n

Police also reported seeing a broken mirror near her belongings.<\/p>\n

McLean was arrested, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

Police say she pulled away during the arrest.<\/p>\n

Police say she told officers \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officers say they took her to the ground to place handcuffs.<\/p>\n

McLean now faces a felony assault charge.<\/p>\n

She also faces a misdemeanor charge for obstructing the legal process.<\/p>\n

The complaint notes a long criminal history.<\/p>\n

Charges are accusations.<\/p>\n

A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/p>\n

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

The case will be handled in Beltrami County District Court.<\/p>\n

Court dates and filings can change quickly.<\/p>\n

You can search public court records on Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For background, Minnesota assault laws are listed in Chapter 609<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The obstruction law is in Minnesota Statute 609.50<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Beltrami County also offers a public inmate search.<\/p>\n

You can find local public safety resources through the Beltrami County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you have information about this case, contact law enforcement.<\/p>\n

In an emergency, call 911.<\/p>\n

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

Bemidji, Beltrami County (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 Bemidji police arrested Jessica Lynn McLean after a reported assault, court papers say. What the police say happened Police were called about 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 19. The call came from the 800 block of America Avenue Northwest in Bemidji. Police say McLean broke a mirror inside the home. Police […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61913,"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","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_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":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[1135,1212,1224,10386],"trf_mt_town":[29430],"trf_mt_county":[29512],"trf_mt_topic":[29493],"trf_mt_series":[],"class_list":["post-12440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-assault","tag-beltrami-county","tag-bemidji","tag-jessica-lynn-mclean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12440","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=12440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69263,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12440\/revisions\/69263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12440"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_town","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_town?post=12440"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_county","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_county?post=12440"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_topic?post=12440"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_series?post=12440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}