{"id":20661,"date":"2026-02-25T05:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=20661"},"modified":"2026-02-25T05:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:02:17","slug":"shevlin-hwy-2-stop-leads-to-gun-meth-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/shevlin-hwy-2-stop-leads-to-gun-meth-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Shevlin: Hwy 2 Stop Leads to Gun, Meth Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hubbard County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Shevlin man faces felony weapon and drug charges after a Highway 2 stop.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett L. Racette, of Shevlin, Minnesota, is named in the criminal complaint. Court documents say he was a passenger in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the stop happened on February 23, 2026. Deputies pulled the vehicle over for an expired license tab.<\/p>\n<h2>Traffic stop details<\/h2>\n<p>Court documents describe the stop as a routine enforcement contact. Investigators say they later searched the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege Racette had a 9mm pistol. They also allege he had a pistol suppressor.<\/p>\n<p>A suppressor is also called a silencer. The complaint says the suppressor was illegal to possess.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators also claim Racette had methamphetamine. The complaint lists the drug as meth.<\/p>\n<p>Racette was arrested during the stop, according to court records. He was later booked and held for court.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20662\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20662\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Garrett-L.-Racette-275x300.png\" alt=\"Garrett L. Racette\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Garrett-L.-Racette-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Garrett-L.-Racette.png 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garrett L. Racette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Charges<\/h2>\n<p>The Hubbard County filing lists two felony counts against Racette:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Possession of a firearm suppressor.<\/li>\n<li>Possession of methamphetamine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Charging documents are allegations. Racette is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<h2>What the complaint means<\/h2>\n<p>A criminal complaint is the formal document that starts a case. It lists the charges and the facts claimed by police.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor must prove each charge beyond a reasonable doubt. A judge may also set release conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Those conditions can include bond, no weapons orders, or drug testing. The final decision depends on the court.<\/p>\n<h2>What comes next<\/h2>\n<p>Racette is expected to make court appearances in Hubbard County District Court. Hearings can change with little notice.<\/p>\n<p>For public case updates, use <a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us\/\">Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For background on federally regulated items, see the ATF page on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atf.gov\/rules-and-regulations\/laws-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives\/national-firearms-act\">National Firearms Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Minnesota legal text, you can search the Revisor of Statutes site at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/search\/\">revisor.mn.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No other details were released in the complaint summary provided to TRF News. The case remains active in court records.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hubbard County (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 A Shevlin man faces felony weapon and drug charges after a Highway 2 stop. Garrett L. Racette, of Shevlin, Minnesota, is named in the criminal complaint. Court documents say he was a passenger in the vehicle. Authorities say the stop happened on February 23, 2026. Deputies pulled the vehicle over for&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/shevlin-hwy-2-stop-leads-to-gun-meth-charges\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shevlin: Hwy 2 Stop Leads to Gun, Meth Charges<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20664,"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":[959,772,957,14223,2725,8945,3702,3406,2051,3245,1026,1025,14186,10006,14225,1222,14224,1219,786],"class_list":["post-20661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-charges","tag-crime","tag-felony-charges","tag-garrett-l-racette","tag-gun","tag-highway-2","tag-hubbard-county","tag-hwy","tag-leads","tag-mcro","tag-meth","tag-minnesota-court-records","tag-shevlin-minnesota","tag-shevlin","tag-silencer","tag-stop","tag-suppressor","tag-traffic-stop","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20661","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=20661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}