{"id":20271,"date":"2026-02-22T18:07:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=20271"},"modified":"2026-02-22T18:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:07:33","slug":"bemidji-michael-smith-sex-offender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/bemidji-michael-smith-sex-offender\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji: Michael Smith Sex Offender"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bemidji, Beltrami County<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me)<\/a> \u2014 A Minnesota Department of Corrections record lists Michael Warren Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The DOC entry lists MNDOC Offender ID 219408.<\/p>\n

The record lists a Bemidji address in the 900 block of 21st Street Northwest.<\/p>\n

The release date listed is July 15, 2019.<\/p>\n

The entry says the prison sentence and supervised release expired.<\/p>\n

What the DOC record says<\/h2>\n

The DOC record lists statutes 609.342<\/a> and 609.343<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The DOC summary says the case involved a known male child.<\/p>\n

It says the contact included penetration.<\/p>\n

It says Smith had unmonitored care duties for the child.<\/p>\n

It says he used a position of authority to keep control.<\/p>\n

The DOC summary is not a full court file.<\/p>\n

It is a short description in a state record.<\/p>\n

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Michael Warren Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Agency listed<\/h2>\n

The DOC record lists the Bemidji Police Department as the law agency.<\/p>\n

City police information is posted here:<\/p>\n

Bemidji Police Department<\/a><\/p>\n

Beltrami County also lists public contact details here:<\/p>\n

Beltrami County Law Enforcement Center<\/a><\/p>\n

How to verify public records<\/h2>\n

You can search the DOC locator by name or offender ID.<\/p>\n

Use: MN DOC Public Viewer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The DOC also offers a public registrant search tool.<\/p>\n

Use: DOC Public Registrant Search<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Public court entries may be available through MCRO.<\/p>\n

Use: Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For criminal history, use the state CHS search system.<\/p>\n

Use: Minnesota Public Criminal History Search<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Help and reporting<\/h2>\n

If you are in immediate danger, call 911.<\/p>\n

Victim resources are listed by the state here:<\/p>\n

MN DOC victim resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Bemidji, Beltrami County (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 A Minnesota Department of Corrections record lists Michael Warren Smith. The DOC entry lists MNDOC Offender ID 219408. The record lists a Bemidji address in the 900 block of 21st Street Northwest. The release date listed is July 15, 2019. The entry says the prison sentence and supervised release expired.… Continue reading Bemidji: Michael Smith Sex Offender<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20272,"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":[13],"tags":[13949,13960,1212,1224,4167,13961,3229,801,14036,14024,13886,14037,799,797,794,2230],"class_list":["post-20271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sex-offenders","tag-609-342","tag-609-343","tag-beltrami-county","tag-bemidji","tag-bemidji-mn","tag-doc-public-viewer","tag-mcro-case-search","tag-michael","tag-michael-warren-smith","tag-minnesota-criminal-history-search","tag-minnesota-department-of-corrections","tag-mndoc-offender-id-219408","tag-offender","tag-offenders","tag-sex","tag-smith","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20271","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=20271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20279,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20271\/revisions\/20279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}