{"id":32858,"date":"2026-06-14T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=32858"},"modified":"2026-06-13T06:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:33:29","slug":"pennington-county-man-held-on-assault-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/pennington-county-man-held-on-assault-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennington County Man Held On Assault Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pennington County Man Held On Assault Charges<\/h2>\n

Pennington County<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Cody Meekma is being held in the Pennington County Jail after a June 11, 2026, custody date.<\/p>\n

Jail records list Meekma on a hold with no bail or fine amount posted. The listed amount is $0.00.<\/p>\n

Charges Listed In District Court<\/h2>\n

Meekma is listed in the District Court under case number 2026002716. The listed charges include fleeing a peace officer by means other than a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n

That charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 609.487<\/a>. Jail records list the severity as a petty misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

Meekma is also listed on a misdemeanor domestic assault charge. The description says the charge involves an act meant to cause fear of immediate bodily harm or death.<\/p>\n

That charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 609.2242<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Cody Meekma’s booking photo. Source: Pennington County Jail roster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Additional Charges Listed<\/h2>\n

Jail records also list a misdemeanor count of obstructing legal process. The listed description is a lawful execution of a legal process.<\/p>\n

That charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 609.50<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A gross misdemeanor property damage charge is also listed. The jail record describes it as third-degree damage to property involving bias.<\/p>\n

The listed value range is $1 to $500. That charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 609.595<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jail Record Details<\/h2>\n

The jail listing describes Meekma as 5 feet 8 inches tall and 160 pounds. Hair is listed as brown. Eye color is listed as green.<\/p>\n

No court date was listed in the jail information provided. The court branch is listed as the District Court.<\/p>\n

The information comes from jail booking records. Charges are accusations. Meekma is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

I’m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cody Meekma is held in Pennington County Jail on domestic assault, fleeing, obstruction, and property damage charges from June 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32859,"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":[1135,17733,959,768,3148,151,791,11819],"class_list":["post-32858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-assault","tag-booked","tag-charges","tag-county","tag-held","tag-man","tag-pennington","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32858","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=32858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33047,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32858\/revisions\/33047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}