{"id":33139,"date":"2026-06-17T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=33139"},"modified":"2026-06-15T05:20:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:20:44","slug":"clay-county-man-booked-in-drug-sale-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/clay-county-man-booked-in-drug-sale-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay County Man Booked In Drug Sale Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Clay County Man Booked In Drug Sale Case<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Clay County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Ryan James Barstad, 46, was recently booked into the Clay County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>According to booking information, Barstad was booked on May 19, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The listed booking time was 10:19 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The arresting agency was listed as the Clay County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>No police officer names are included in this report.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Information<\/h2>\n<p>Barstad was booked under the name Ryan James Barstad.<\/p>\n<p>His age was listed as 46 at the time of booking.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists one controlled substance charge.<\/p>\n<p>The listed charge is first-degree controlled substance sale.<\/p>\n<p>The charge involves 10 grams or more, or 40 dosage units or more.<\/p>\n<p>The listed substances are heroin or fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review public jail information through the <a href=\"https:\/\/claycountymn.gov\/1454\/Inmate-Roster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clay County inmate roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BARSTAD-RYAN-JAMES.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot of Ryan James Barstad\" \/><em>Ryan James Barstad booking photo<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Charge Listed In Clay County<\/h2>\n<p>The booking information lists a first-degree controlled substance sale charge.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota law addresses first-degree controlled substance crimes under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/152.021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 152.021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The statute covers certain sale and possession offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The exact charge language may be reviewed through official court records.<\/p>\n<p>The booking information does not list more details about the alleged sale.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not list a court date in the information provided.<\/p>\n<p>Jail records may change as a case moves forward.<\/p>\n<p>County officials may update records after court action.<\/p>\n<p>A booking is not a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Barstad is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Further information may become available through county or court records.<\/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>Ryan James Barstad, 46, was booked in Clay County on a first-degree controlled substance sale charge involving heroin or fentanyl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33140,"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":[17733,871,1149,768,1191,151,11819,6416],"class_list":["post-33139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-case","tag-clay","tag-county","tag-drug","tag-man","tag-recently","tag-sale","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33139","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=33139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33141,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33139\/revisions\/33141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}