{"id":33169,"date":"2026-06-15T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=33169"},"modified":"2026-06-15T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:00:13","slug":"moorhead-man-booked-on-drug-fleeing-charges-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/moorhead-man-booked-on-drug-fleeing-charges-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorhead Man Booked On Drug, Fleeing Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moorhead Man Booked On Drug, Fleeing Charges<\/h2>\n

Moorhead<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Joseph Lee Butcher, 33, was booked into the Clay County Jail.<\/p>\n

Booking records list the booking date as October 8, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.<\/p>\n

The booking entry lists charges from the Clay County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Moorhead Police Department.<\/p>\n

Records show Butcher was booked on several listed charges.<\/p>\n

Those charges include drug possession, disorderly conduct, disruptive intoxication, fleeing, and failure to register.<\/p>\n

Charges Listed In Clay County Records<\/h2>\n

The Clay County Sheriff\u2019s Office listed one charge against Butcher.<\/p>\n

That charge is listed as knowingly or intentionally failing to register.<\/p>\n

The Moorhead Police Department listed several other charges in the same booking entry.<\/p>\n

One listed charge is fifth-degree controlled substance possession.<\/p>\n

The record says the charge involves possession, procurement, or control by fraud or deceit.<\/p>\n

Another listed charge is disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n

The booking record describes that count as offensive, abusive, noisy, or obscene conduct.<\/p>\n

Butcher was also listed on a disruptive intoxication charge.<\/p>\n

Another listed count involves obstructing by fleeing a peace officer.<\/p>\n

The record says the fleeing charge did not involve a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n

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Joseph Lee Butcher booking image<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Public Booking Information<\/h2>\n

The booking record also lists a second failure-to-register charge under Moorhead police.<\/p>\n

No court outcome was included in the provided booking information.<\/p>\n

Booking records do not show a conviction.<\/p>\n

All listed charges are accusations unless proven in court.<\/p>\n

Readers can review public jail information through the Clay County inmate roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Information about Moorhead police services is available through the Moorhead Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Minnesota controlled substance laws can be reviewed through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Minnesota’s fleeing and obstruction laws can also be reviewed through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This story is based on the listed Clay County booking information.<\/p>\n

It will be updated if more public details become available.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joseph Lee Butcher, 33, was booked in Clay County on drug possession, disorderly conduct, intoxication, fleeing, and registration charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33170,"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":[17733,959,1191,2054,151,1346,11819],"class_list":["post-33169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-charges","tag-drug","tag-fleeing","tag-man","tag-moorhead","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33169","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=33169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33172,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33169\/revisions\/33172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}