{"id":34586,"date":"2026-06-24T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=34586"},"modified":"2026-06-23T05:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:41:59","slug":"park-river-woman-faces-felonies-after-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/park-river-woman-faces-felonies-after-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Park River Woman Faces Felonies After Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Park River Woman Faces Felonies After Arrest<\/h2>\n<p><strong>PARK RIVER, N.D.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Park River woman faces several charges after an alleged weekend assault.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Lynn Sluke, 44, was arrested around 2:50 a.m. Monday, according to Walsh County court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies responded to the 300 block of Briggs Avenue South at about 1:27 a.m. Sunday, June 21.<\/p>\n<p>The call involved a reported physical fight between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n<h2>Court Complaint Details Alleged Assault<\/h2>\n<p>The complaint says Sluke punched a man in the face near his right cheekbone.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say she then took a pocket knife that belonged to the man.<\/p>\n<p>The man told deputies he feared for his life during the confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>He pushed Sluke against a vehicle and later threw her to the ground, the complaint states.<\/p>\n<p>Sluke then called 911 to report the incident.<\/p>\n<p>A second person reportedly hid inside a nearby garage during the confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint says Sluke threatened to kill that person and then herself.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 24px auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%; max-width: 500px; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Andrea-Lynn-Sluke.png\" alt=\"Andrea Lynn Sluke mugshot\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\">Andrea Lynn Sluke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Struggle Reported During Hospital Arrest<\/h2>\n<p>Deputies later went to a hospital to arrest Sluke.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint says Sluke kicked one deputy while officers placed her in handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say she also kicked a second deputy during the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Sluke then slipped one hand from the handcuffs, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>She allegedly struck both deputies before officers brought the situation under control.<\/p>\n<h2>Charges Filed in Walsh County<\/h2>\n<p>Sluke faces felony charges of terrorizing and assaulting a peace officer.<\/p>\n<p>She also faces a felony charge of preventing arrest.<\/p>\n<p>A misdemeanor simple assault charge was filed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndcourts.gov\/court-locations\/walsh-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walsh County District Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her initial court appearance is scheduled for June 29.<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota lists terrorizing and assault offenses under <a href=\"https:\/\/ndlegis.gov\/api\/cencode\/t12-1c17.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 12.1-17<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The state addresses preventing arrest under <a href=\"https:\/\/ndlegis.gov\/cencode\/t12-1c08.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 12.1-08<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>Sluke is presumed innocent unless she is found guilty through the court process.<\/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 Park River woman faces felony charges after an alleged assault, threats, and a struggle with Walsh County deputies during her arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34741,"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":[346,884,772,960,1546,178,824,620],"class_list":["post-34586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-after","tag-arrest","tag-crime","tag-faces","tag-felonies","tag-park","tag-river","tag-woman","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34586","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=34586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34742,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34586\/revisions\/34742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}