{"id":26417,"date":"2026-04-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=26417"},"modified":"2026-04-26T06:53:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T11:53:22","slug":"white-earth-gun-case-sends-ogema-man-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/white-earth-gun-case-sends-ogema-man-to-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"White Earth Gun Case Sends Ogema Man To Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

White Earth<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Elias Trinidad Thompson, 22, of rural Ogema, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court.<\/p>\n

Thompson was sentenced for being a felon in possession of a gun. A felony receiving stolen property charge was dropped under a plea agreement.<\/p>\n

According to court records, the case began on Dec. 27. Law enforcement responded to a report of shots fired.<\/p>\n

The call came from the 36000 block of Loon Drive in White Earth. Two people reported hearing five shots.<\/p>\n

Shots Fired Report Leads To Search<\/h2>\n

The investigation led to a search warrant for the home. Court records say officers saw shell casings and a live round at the scene.<\/p>\n

Inside the home, officers found a smaller black pistol on a banister. The gun was wrapped in a towel.<\/p>\n

The firearm was later identified as an unloaded Springfield XDS-9 9mm handgun.<\/p>\n

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Elias Trinidad Thompson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dispatch later advised that the firearm had been reported stolen. Court records say Thompson made a brief comment after hearing that information.<\/p>\n

Authorities also found a live 9mm round on a kitchen shelf. More ammunition was found inside a backpack in the living room.<\/p>\n

Ammunition Found Inside Home<\/h2>\n

The backpack contained several rounds of ammunition. That included seven rounds of .25 auto ammunition.<\/p>\n

It also held eight rounds of .40 caliber ammunition. Four Glock handgun magazines were also found.<\/p>\n

One magazine contained 14 live rounds of 9mm ammunition, according to court records.<\/p>\n

Authorities also collected seven 9mm casings outside the residence. The firearm was confirmed as stolen during the investigation.<\/p>\n

Thompson was arrested and taken to the Becker County Jail.<\/p>\n

Prison Sentence Ordered<\/h2>\n

On March 20, Becker County District Judge Michelle Lawson sentenced Thompson to 60 months in state prison.<\/p>\n

The sentence will be served at St. Cloud. Thompson received credit for 84 days already served in jail.<\/p>\n

He was also ordered to pay a $50 fine. Court records list an additional $160 in court fees.<\/p>\n

More information about Minnesota court records is available through the Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>. Local county information is available through Becker County<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

White Earth (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 Elias Trinidad Thompson, 22, of rural Ogema, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court. Thompson was sentenced for being a felon in possession of a gun. A felony receiving stolen property charge was dropped under a plea agreement. According to court records, the case began on Dec. 27. Law enforcement… Continue reading White Earth Gun Case Sends Ogema Man To Prison<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26782,"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":[927,15304,768,929,11039,7158,2725,103,926,151,955,1578,16787,2103,3070,1070,16786],"class_list":["post-26417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-becker","tag-becker-county-court","tag-county","tag-detroit","tag-elias-trinidad-thompson","tag-felon-in-possession","tag-gun","tag-house","tag-lakes","tag-man","tag-minnesota-crime-news","tag-months","tag-ogema-man-sentenced","tag-search","tag-stolen","tag-tribune","tag-white-earth-gun-case","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26417","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=26417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26783,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26417\/revisions\/26783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}