{"id":32032,"date":"2026-06-06T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=32032"},"modified":"2026-06-06T08:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:30:44","slug":"clearwater-county-theft-booking-gretchen-ballek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/clearwater-county-theft-booking-gretchen-ballek\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearwater County Theft Booking: Gretchen Ballek"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Clearwater County Theft Booking: Gretchen Ballek<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Clearwater County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Gretchen Ballek, 33, was recently booked into the Clearwater County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>According to jail booking information, Ballek was listed as a 33-year-old female. The booking time was recorded as 4:19 p.m. on June 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The listed charge is theft under Minnesota Statute 609.52.2(a)(1). The charge involves taking, using, transferring, concealing, or keeping movable property without consent.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Information<\/h2>\n<p>The booking entry lists Ballek under a theft-related offense. The listed offense is \u201cTheft-Take\/Use\/Transfer Movable Prop-No Consent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The case is connected to Clearwater County Jail booking records. Jail records may list initial booking charges. Those charges can later change in court.<\/p>\n<p>Clearwater County\u2019s inmate information also notes an important warning. The listed offense is not an admission of guilt. It also does not guarantee a conviction.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 30px auto;\"><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\/BALLEK-GRETCHEN.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot of Gretchen Ballek\" \/><figcaption>Gretchen Ballek&#8217;s booking photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Charge Listed Under Minnesota Law<\/h2>\n<p>The listed statute is part of Minnesota\u2019s theft law. The official statute can be reviewed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.52\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That law covers several forms of theft. It includes taking or using movable property without the owner\u2019s consent.<\/p>\n<p>No further case details were included in the booking information provided. Court records may later show hearing dates, charging decisions, or case updates.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review public jail information through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clearwatercountymn.gov\/inmate-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clearwater County inmate list<\/a>. The county advises that roster information may not be current or complete.<\/p>\n<p>All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. Booking records should not be used as proof of guilt.<\/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>Gretchen Ballek, 33, was recently booked into Clearwater County Jail on a Minnesota theft charge involving movable property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32035,"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":[14014,17733,7789,3802,768,18481,11819,1051],"class_list":["post-32032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-ballek","tag-booked","tag-booking","tag-clearwater","tag-county","tag-gretchen","tag-recently","tag-theft","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32032","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=32032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32036,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32032\/revisions\/32036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}