{"id":31480,"date":"2026-06-02T06:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=31480"},"modified":"2026-06-02T06:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:14:01","slug":"polk-county-man-booked-in-strangulation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/polk-county-man-booked-in-strangulation-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Man Booked In Strangulation Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Polk County Man Booked In Strangulation Case<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Polk County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Desman Richard Hartman was recently booked into the Polk County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists a felony domestic assault charge. The listed offense is domestic assault by strangulation.<\/p>\n<p>Hartman was booked on May 31, 2026. The booking record lists his date of birth as Sept. 6, 1988.<\/p>\n<p>The charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 609.2247.2. That statute covers domestic assault by strangulation cases in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<h2>Charge Listed In Jail Booking<\/h2>\n<p>According to the booking information, Hartman faces a felony-level charge.<\/p>\n<p>The charge description states domestic assault by strangulation. The record does not include a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>A jail booking is part of the legal process. It does not decide guilt or innocence.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the related Minnesota law through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.2247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HARTMAN-DESMAN-RICHARD.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot of Desman Richard Hartman\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #555;\">Desman Richard Hartman booking photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Case Process Ahead<\/h2>\n<p>Hartman is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>The case may move through the court system in Polk County. Court dates and filings may be updated later.<\/p>\n<p>Public court information may be available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>County information may also be available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polkcountymn.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polk County, Minnesota<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic assault cases are handled through Minnesota courts. Any penalties depend on the facts of the case.<\/p>\n<p>Those facts are reviewed through hearings, filings, and court action.<\/p>\n<p>This report is based on recent Polk County Jail booking information.<\/p>\n<p>No police officer names are included in this story.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desman Richard Hartman was booked in Polk County Jail on a felony domestic assault by strangulation charge, according to jail records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31481,"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":[16518],"tags":[17733,871,768,151,895,11819,1847],"class_list":["post-31480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-case","tag-county","tag-man","tag-polk","tag-recently","tag-strangulation","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31480","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=31480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31482,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31480\/revisions\/31482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}