{"id":32687,"date":"2026-06-11T04:56:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=32687"},"modified":"2026-06-11T04:56:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:56:50","slug":"bemidji-man-booked-in-cass-county-drug-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/bemidji-man-booked-in-cass-county-drug-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji Man Booked In Cass County Drug Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bemidji Man Booked In Cass County Drug Case<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Cass County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Bemidji man was recently booked into the Cass County Jail on drug-related allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Virgil Blackbear, 38, of Bemidji, Minnesota, was booked on June 10, 2026, at 10:32 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Jail booking information lists two counts tied to Minnesota Statute 152.025.2(a)(1).<\/p>\n<p>The listed offense is fifth-degree drug possession.<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry says the case involves possession of Schedule I, II, III, or IV drugs.<\/p>\n<p>It also lists possible paraphernalia residual.<\/p>\n<p>The entry states the allegation does not involve cannabis or hemp.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Details<\/h2>\n<p>Blackbear was listed as an adult arrest in the Cass County Jail booking record.<\/p>\n<p>The jail entry shows both listed counts under the same Minnesota statute.<\/p>\n<p>The charge language refers to controlled substances or related paraphernalia residue.<\/p>\n<p>No court outcome was listed in the booking information provided.<\/p>\n<p>A booking record is not a finding of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal charges are allegations unless proven in court.<\/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\/Blackbear-Nicholas-Virgil.png\" alt=\"Nicholas Virgil Blackbear mugshot\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #555;\">Nicholas Virgil Blackbear<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Minnesota Drug Statute<\/h2>\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/152.025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 152.025<\/a>, fifth-degree controlled substance cases may involve possession offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The statute covers certain controlled substances listed in schedules under Minnesota law.<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry states the listed allegations are not tied to cannabis or hemp.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the detention center is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casscountymn.gov\/1321\/Detention-Center-Jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cass County Detention Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not released further case details in the booking text provided.<\/p>\n<p>The case may move through the local court process after the jail booking.<\/p>\n<p>Additional records may become available through court filings or public jail updates.<\/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>Nicholas Virgil Blackbear of Bemidji was booked in Cass County on fifth-degree drug possession allegations, according to jail records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32688,"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":[1224,17733,871,767,768,1191,151,11819],"class_list":["post-32687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-bemidji","tag-booked","tag-case","tag-cass","tag-county","tag-drug","tag-man","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32687","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=32687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32689,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32687\/revisions\/32689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}