Andrew William Lundon is charged with failure to provide insurance information as a vehicle owner. He is also charged with intent to escape taxation.<\/p>\n
The case was filed in Minnesota\u2019s 7th Judicial District under court file number 03-CR-26-682. The charges are tied to an alleged incident on February 4, 2026.<\/p>\n
Crash Reported In Parking Lot<\/h2>\n
According to the complaint, Melinda Jean Jones was driving a black 2010 Ford F-150 in the L&M Fleet parking lot in Detroit Lakes.<\/p>\n
The complaint says the truck struck a parked brown 2012 Toyota RAV4 owned by Jacob Scott Osterman. The RAV4 was unoccupied at the time.<\/p>\n
Court documents allege Jones left the scene without stopping. The complaint says she did not exchange information or leave a note.<\/p>\n
Authorities later contacted Lundon, who was listed as the owner of the truck. The complaint says Lundon provided a State Farm insurance policy.<\/p>\n
Insurance And Registration Claims<\/h2>\n
According to the complaint, State Farm reported the policy was not in effect.<\/p>\n
Written requests for insurance information were later sent to both Lundon and Jones. The complaint says neither person provided insurance information.<\/p>\n
Court documents state Lundon\u2019s driving privilege was revoked. The complaint also says he had two prior insurance-related convictions within ten years.<\/p>\n
The complaint says Jones\u2019 driving privilege was also revoked. Court documents state she had one prior insurance-related conviction within ten years.<\/p>\n
The vehicle registration allegedly expired in November 2025. The complaint also states Jones had been stopped while driving the truck on September 29, 2025.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors allege Lundon had not transferred title. They also allege he had not listed the truck for taxation.<\/p>\n
Charges Filed In Becker County<\/h2>\n
The insurance charge was filed under Minnesota Statute 169.791<\/a>. The tax-related charge was filed under Minnesota Statute 168.35<\/a>.<\/p>\n Each count carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail, a $3,000 fine, or both.<\/p>\n The allegations are contained in a criminal complaint. Lundon is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n More case information may be available through the Minnesota Court Records Online system<\/a>.<\/p>\n I’m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n Detroit Lakes Man Charged In Insurance Case Detroit Lakes (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 A Mahnomen man is facing two gross misdemeanor charges in Becker County District Court after a reported parking lot crash in Detroit Lakes. Andrew William Lundon is charged with failure to provide insurance information as a vehicle owner. He is also charged with intent… Continue reading Detroit Lakes Man Charged In Insurance Case<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30414,"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":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_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":[17970,15304,871,770,772,929,15306,1701,926,151,17971,786,17416],"class_list":["post-30411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-andrew-william-lundon","tag-becker-county-court","tag-case","tag-charged","tag-crime","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-lakes-news","tag-insurance","tag-lakes","tag-man","tag-minnesota-insurance-charge","tag-trf-news","tag-vehicle-tax-charge","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30411","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=30411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Detroit](\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Detroit-Lakes-Man-Charged-In-Insurance-Case-300x169.png\")