{"id":34460,"date":"2026-06-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=34460"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T23:50:38","slug":"mentor-manager-charged-after-man-suffers-broken-jaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/mentor-manager-charged-after-man-suffers-broken-jaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentor Manager Charged After Man Suffers Broken Jaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Mentor Manager Charged After Man Suffers Broken Jaw<\/h2>\n<p><strong>MENTOR, Minn.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Crookston man faces a felony assault charge after an alleged attack in Mentor.<\/p>\n<p>Guadalupe Francisco Peralta, 36, was charged with third-degree assault involving substantial bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>The charge was filed in Polk County District Court under case number 60-CR-26-832.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege the incident happened on June 15, 2026, near an apartment complex on Third Street North.<\/p>\n<h2>Private Meeting Followed Dinner<\/h2>\n<p>According to the complaint, the victim and his wife went to Dairy Queen for dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Both reportedly worked at the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Peralta, identified as the victim\u2019s manager, asked to speak with him privately.<\/p>\n<p>The two then went to a trailer parked across from the restaurant, the complaint states.<\/p>\n<p>The victim later returned to his apartment with visible facial injuries.<\/p>\n<p>He reportedly could not remember what happened inside the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews found swelling and bruising near his left eye and a large cut on his lip.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken by ambulance to RiverView\u2019s emergency department in Crookston.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital staff later confirmed that he suffered a fractured jaw.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 24px auto; max-width: 650px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto; width: 344px; max-width: 600px; height: 459px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PERALTA-GUADALUPE-FRANCISCO.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot of Guadalupe Francisco Peralta\" \/><figcaption>Guadalupe Francisco Peralta. Charges described in the complaint remain allegations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Complaint Details Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Investigators spoke with the victim\u2019s wife after the reported assault.<\/p>\n<p>She said the private meeting lasted about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>She noticed his injuries when he returned from the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>She also told investigators that the discussion involved workplace and personal issues.<\/p>\n<p>Peralta first denied that the meeting became physical, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>He later admitted striking the victim, the complaint alleges.<\/p>\n<p>The document states that the two men shook hands afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Peralta was then arrested on suspicion of assault.<\/p>\n<h2>Felony Charge Filed<\/h2>\n<p>Third-degree assault is a felony under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A conviction can bring up to five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.<\/p>\n<p>Public case information may be available through <a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us\/CaseSearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint lists earlier convictions involving drugs, impaired driving, disorderly conduct, burglary, and assault.<\/p>\n<p>Those past cases do not prove the new allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Peralta has not been convicted in this case.<\/p>\n<p>The charge remains an allegation unless proven beyond a reasonable doubt in court.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRF News<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Crookston man faces a felony assault charge after a worker suffered a fractured jaw during an alleged June 15 attack in Mentor, Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34461,"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":[12],"tags":[346,8008,770,772,19721,151,2128,8944,7945],"class_list":["post-34460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-after","tag-broken","tag-charged","tag-crime","tag-jaw","tag-man","tag-manager","tag-mentor","tag-suffers","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34460","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=34460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34462,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34460\/revisions\/34462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}