{"id":33264,"date":"2026-06-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=33264"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:41:49","slug":"thief-river-falls-man-held-in-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-man-held-in-assault-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Man Held In Assault Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Thief River Falls Man Held In Assault Case<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Thief River Falls<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Dante Valenzuela is being held in the Pennington County Jail after a District Court case listed three charges.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record shows Valenzuela was taken into custody on June 15, 2026. The listed bail or fine amount was $0.00.<\/p>\n<p>A court date was not listed in the record provided. The court branch listed for the case is the District Court.<\/p>\n<h2>Charges Listed In District Court<\/h2>\n<p>The case is listed under case number 2026002806. Court information in the jail record lists three separate charges.<\/p>\n<p>The first listed charge is domestic assault. The record describes it as a gross misdemeanor, subsequent violation.<\/p>\n<p>The charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 609.2242. That statute covers domestic assault cases in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the statute through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.2242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Disorderly Conduct And Obstruction Counts<\/h2>\n<p>The second listed charge is disorderly conduct. The record describes it as offensive, abusive, boisterous, noisy, or obscene conduct.<\/p>\n<p>That charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 609.72. The offense is listed as a misdemeanor in the jail record.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the statute is available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The third listed charge is obstructing legal process. The record says it involved the lawful execution of a legal process.<\/p>\n<p>That count is listed as a felony. The related statute is Minnesota Statute 609.50.<\/p>\n<p>The full statute can be reviewed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33444\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33444\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ValenzuelaDante-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dante Valenzuela\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ValenzuelaDante-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ValenzuelaDante.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dante Valenzuela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Booking Details<\/h2>\n<p>The booking record lists Valenzuela at 5 feet, 9 inches tall. His weight is listed as 265 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>The record lists his hair as black. His eyes are listed as brown.<\/p>\n<p>Custody information may be available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/incustodysearch.penningtonsheriff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennington County inmate search<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More jail information is available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penningtonsheriff.org\/index.php\/services\/jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennington County Sheriff\u2019s Office jail page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Public court information can also be found through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A criminal charge is only an accusation. Valenzuela is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/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<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dante Valenzuela is held in Pennington County Jail after District Court records listed assault, disorderly conduct, and obstruction charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33444,"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":[1135,17733,871,827,3148,151,11819,824,825],"class_list":["post-33264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-assault","tag-booked","tag-case","tag-falls","tag-held","tag-man","tag-recently","tag-river","tag-thief","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33264","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=33264"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33353,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33264\/revisions\/33353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}