{"id":32246,"date":"2026-06-07T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=32246"},"modified":"2026-06-07T19:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:00:52","slug":"cass-lake-man-booked-in-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/cass-lake-man-booked-in-assault-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Cass Lake Man Booked In Assault Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cass Lake Man Booked In Assault Case<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Cass Lake<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) &#8211; Joshua James Fairbanks, 37, of Cass Lake, Minnesota, was booked into the Cass County Jail on May 8, 2026, at 2:01 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>According to jail booking information, Fairbanks was listed as recently booked on two adult arrest counts.<\/p>\n<p>The listed offenses include fourth-degree assault and fifth-degree assault.<\/p>\n<p>No court outcome was included in the booking information provided.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Information<\/h2>\n<p>The first listed count was filed under Minnesota Statute 609.2231.1(b).<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry describes the count as fourth-degree assault involving a peace officer.<\/p>\n<p>The record states the allegation involved physically assaulting a peace officer.<\/p>\n<p>The second listed count was filed under Minnesota Statute 609.224.1(1).<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry describes that count as fifth-degree assault.<\/p>\n<p>The record states the allegation involved fear of bodily harm or death.<\/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\/Fairbanks-Joshua-James.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot of Joshua James Fairbanks\" \/><em>Joshua James Fairbanks<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Case Status<\/h2>\n<p>Fairbanks was identified in the record by name, age, city, and state.<\/p>\n<p>He was listed as a 37-year-old resident of Cass Lake, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record did not include a bond amount.<\/p>\n<p>It also did not list a court date or case result.<\/p>\n<p>A jail booking is a record of custody.<\/p>\n<p>It does not mean a person has been convicted of a crime.<\/p>\n<p>Fairbanks is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>The case may continue through the court system after booking.<\/p>\n<p>More information about fourth-degree assault in Minnesota is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.2231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information about fifth-degree assault is available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 609.224<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>General county information can be found through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casscountymn.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cass County, Minnesota website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Public court information may also be available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This report is based on Cass County Jail booking information provided for this entry.<\/p>\n<p>Updates may be added if more official records become available.<\/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>Joshua James Fairbanks of Cass Lake was booked in Cass County Jail on assault counts involving a peace officer and fear of bodily harm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32209,"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":[1135,17733,871,767,1455,151,11819],"class_list":["post-32246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-assault","tag-booked","tag-case","tag-cass","tag-lake","tag-man","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32246","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=32246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32247,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32246\/revisions\/32247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}