{"id":14994,"date":"2026-01-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=14994"},"modified":"2026-02-22T18:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:52:44","slug":"moorhead-man-charged-after-meth-found-in-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/moorhead-man-charged-after-meth-found-in-pocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorhead: Man Charged After Meth Found in Pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moorhead, Minnesota (trfnews.i234.me)<\/a> A Moorhead man faces a felony drug charge. Police say methamphetamine was found during his arrest.<\/p>\n

Joshua David Thoreson<\/strong>, 45, of Moorhead, is charged with one felony count of fifth-degree drug possession. The charge alleges possession of a Schedule I, II, III, or IV drug. The case was filed in Clay County District Court on January 26, 2026.<\/p>\n

911 calls reported yelling<\/h2>\n

According to the complaint, officers responded on January 23, 2026. The call came in around 11:05 a.m. The location was the 1500 block of 17th Street South in Moorhead.<\/p>\n

Dispatch received several 911 calls. Callers reported a man was yelling for about ten minutes. The complaint says the yelling included \u201cinappropriate things.\u201d<\/p>\n

When officers arrived, a mail carrier was nearby. The mail carrier directed officers to the address. Police then made contact with Thoreson, the complaint says.<\/p>\n

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Joshua David Thoreson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arrest and search<\/h2>\n

Police confirmed Thoreson had an active warrant from Clay County, the complaint says. Officers arrested him on that warrant.<\/p>\n

Police searched him after the arrest, the complaint says. Officers said they found a small clear bag in his front right pocket. The complaint says the bag held a white crystal substance.<\/p>\n

The substance weighed about 7.4 grams, police said. It later field-tested positive for methamphetamine, according to the complaint. Thoreson was then charged in this case.<\/p>\n

Bail and conditions<\/h2>\n

Judge Leah DuCharme set bail at $2,000 with conditions, court records show. The judge also set $10,000 bail without conditions.<\/p>\n

Release conditions include obeying all laws. They also include no use or possession of controlled substances.<\/p>\n

The charge is an allegation. Thoreson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/p>\n

Read the law at Minnesota Statute 152.025<\/a>. Check public case records at Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>. Learn more about the agency at Moorhead Police Department.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moorhead, Minnesota (trfnews.i234.me) A Moorhead man faces a felony drug charge. Police say methamphetamine was found during his arrest. Joshua David Thoreson, 45, of Moorhead, is charged with one felony count of fifth-degree drug possession. The charge alleges possession of a Schedule I, II, III, or IV drug. The case was filed in Clay County […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61997,"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":[1136,11029,11630,1346],"trf_mt_town":[],"trf_mt_county":[],"trf_mt_topic":[],"trf_mt_series":[],"class_list":["post-14994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-clay-county","tag-drug-charges","tag-joshua-david-thoreson","tag-moorhead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14994","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=14994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14994"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_town","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_town?post=14994"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_county","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_county?post=14994"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_topic?post=14994"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_series?post=14994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}