{"id":25609,"date":"2026-04-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=25609"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:04:53","slug":"thief-river-falls-man-charged-in-child-solicitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-man-charged-in-child-solicitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Man Charged in Child Solicitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thief River Falls (trfnews.i234.me)<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 A Thief River Falls man is facing a felony charge in Pennington County. Court records say Jarrett James Mckay<\/strong>, 18, was charged with electronic solicitation of a child.<\/p>\n

The charge was filed in Pennington County District Court<\/a>. The case is listed under court file 57-CR-26-241. The charge falls under Minnesota Statute 609.352<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What the complaint says<\/h2>\n

According to the criminal complaint, a 15-year-old girl reported receiving explicit photos and messages from Mckay. The report was made on April 6, 2026. The complaint says the girl and Mckay knew each other for years through family ties.<\/p>\n

Investigators said the girl told them the messages were not requested. She also said there had not been earlier sexual conversations. Court records say the images were sent on or about March 18, 2026.<\/p>\n

The complaint says Mckay also sent messages about her appearance. He allegedly asked that their conversations stay private. Investigators later reviewed the phone messages and images as part of the case.<\/p>\n

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Jarrett James McKay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Evidence outlined by prosecutors<\/h2>\n

According to the complaint, investigators compared one image to items seen during a prior search of Mckay\u2019s home. The complaint says a wall shown in a photo matched a wall inside his bedroom. Investigators said that helped link the images to him.<\/p>\n

Authorities later interviewed Mckay, according to the complaint. Court records say he admitted he knew the girl was 15 years old. The complaint also says he admitted he knew he could get in trouble if others learned about the messages.<\/p>\n

Mckay was then arrested, according to the filing. Both Mckay and the girl live in Pennington County, the complaint states.<\/p>\n

What happens next<\/h2>\n

The case now moves through the court process. A charge is only an accusation. It is not a conviction. Mckay is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

If convicted, the felony charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. It also carries a possible $10,000 fine. Readers can follow public case updates through Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Thief River Falls (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 A Thief River Falls man is facing a felony charge in Pennington County. Court records say Jarrett James Mckay, 18, was charged with electronic solicitation of a child. The charge was filed in Pennington County District Court. The case is listed under court file 57-CR-26-241. The charge falls under Minnesota… Continue reading Thief River Falls Man Charged in Child Solicitation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3252,"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":[16431,16414,16413,5231,777,778,786],"class_list":["post-25609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-child-solicitation-charge","tag-electronic-solicitation-of-a-child","tag-jarrett-james-mckay","tag-minnesota-court-complaint","tag-pennington-county","tag-thief-river-falls","tag-trf-news","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25609","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=25609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25611,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25609\/revisions\/25611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}