{"id":24267,"date":"2026-04-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=24267"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:51:12","slug":"thief-river-falls-man-arrested-after-knife-disturbance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-man-arrested-after-knife-disturbance\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Man Arrested After Knife Disturbance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thief River Falls<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) A Thief River Falls man was arrested after a reported disturbance early March 22 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/?api=1&amp;query=223+Markley+Ave+N,+Thief+River+Falls,+MN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">223 Markley Ave. N.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Police called to morning disturbance<\/h2>\n<p>Police received the report at 7:23 a.m. According to the report, officers were sent to the home after a disturbance was reported outside.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said <strong>Freddy Fonseca-Lopez<\/strong>, 62, of Thief River Falls, was arrested at the scene. He was cited for fifth-degree assault and disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Fonseca-Lopez was allegedly intoxicated during the incident. He was reportedly outside the home when officers arrived.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Windows reportedly broken<\/h2>\n<p>According to the report, Fonseca-Lopez was seen breaking windows. Police also said he was wielding a knife during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were listed in the brief report. It was also not clear whether anyone else was outside when officers arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The assault allegation was listed as fear of bodily harm or death. The disorderly conduct allegation was also included in the citation.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage, the allegations remain accusations. A charge is not a conviction. The case will move through court before any final outcome is decided.<\/p>\n<h2>Case now moves forward<\/h2>\n<p>Cases like this often begin with a police response and arrest. They then move to review by prosecutors and the court system.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review Minnesota law on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fifth-degree assault<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disorderly conduct<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News will update this story if more court details become available.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24269\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24269\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thief-River-Falls-Man-Arrested-After-Knife-Disturbance-300x200.png\" alt=\"Thief River Falls Man Arrested After Knife Disturbance\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thief-River-Falls-Man-Arrested-After-Knife-Disturbance-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thief-River-Falls-Man-Arrested-After-Knife-Disturbance-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thief-River-Falls-Man-Arrested-After-Knife-Disturbance-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thief-River-Falls-Man-Arrested-After-Knife-Disturbance.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thief River Falls Man Arrested After Knife Disturbance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thief River Falls (trfnews.i234.me) A Thief River Falls man was arrested after a reported disturbance early March 22 at 223 Markley Ave. N.. Police called to morning disturbance Police received the report at 7:23 a.m. According to the report, officers were sent to the home after a disturbance was reported outside. Authorities said Freddy Fonseca-Lopez,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-man-arrested-after-knife-disturbance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thief River Falls Man Arrested After Knife Disturbance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24269,"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":[346,1837,772,963,971,827,5283,15856,1107,15858,151,15857,955,777,824,825,873],"class_list":["post-24267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-after","tag-arrested","tag-crime","tag-disorderly-conduct","tag-disturbance","tag-falls","tag-fifth-degree-assault","tag-freddy-fonseca-lopez","tag-knife","tag-knife-disturbance","tag-man","tag-markley-avenue-north","tag-minnesota-crime-news","tag-pennington-county","tag-river","tag-thief","tag-thief-river-falls-news","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24267","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=24267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24271,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24267\/revisions\/24271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}