{"id":34875,"date":"2026-06-26T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=34875"},"modified":"2026-06-24T06:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:30:48","slug":"otter-tail-county-man-booked-on-felony-domestic-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/otter-tail-county-man-booked-on-felony-domestic-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Otter Tail County Man Booked on Felony Domestic Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Otter Tail County Man Booked on Felony Domestic Assault<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Otter Tail County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Dennis Nathaniel Lockett, 41, was booked into the county jail on June 22, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists one active felony charge against Lockett.<\/p>\n<p>The listed charge is felony domestic assault under Minnesota Statute 609.2242, subdivision 4.<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry includes reference number 002600000553.<\/p>\n<p>The record describes the charge only and does not provide a full account.<\/p>\n<p>No incident location, arrest location, or alleged victim information was included.<\/p>\n<p>The record also did not include a criminal complaint or probable cause statement.<\/p>\n<p>Those documents may contain details about the events alleged by prosecutors.<\/p>\n<h2>What the Cited Law Covers<\/h2>\n<p>Minnesota law defines several levels of domestic assault.<\/p>\n<p>Subdivision 4 addresses certain repeat domestic assault allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors use this subdivision when they allege two or more qualifying prior offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The charged conduct must fall within the statute\u2019s ten-year period.<\/p>\n<p>A felony charge under this section can carry serious penalties after conviction.<\/p>\n<p>The statute allows up to five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.<\/p>\n<p>Those penalties are possible outcomes and are not a sentence in this case.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.2242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.2242<\/a> for the full legal language.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 24px auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lockett-Dennis-Nathaniel.jpg\" alt=\"Dennis Nathaniel Lockett booking photo\" \/><figcaption>Dennis Nathaniel Lockett booking photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Booking Information Remains Limited<\/h2>\n<p>The jail entry does not explain how the charge began.<\/p>\n<p>It does not describe injuries, witnesses, evidence, or statements from the parties.<\/p>\n<p>No court date, bail amount, or release conditions were included in the provided information.<\/p>\n<p>The Otter Tail County custody list is updated during the day.<\/p>\n<p>However, the county warns that jail information may be incomplete or change later.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the <a href=\"https:\/\/ottertailcounty.gov\/public-safety-law\/detention\/jail-in-custody-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Otter Tail County custody list<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<h2>Court Updates<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/access-case-records\/mcro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a> provides access to many public district court records.<\/p>\n<p>A court search may later show hearings, filed documents, and case status updates.<\/p>\n<p>Some records may be restricted or unavailable through remote access.<\/p>\n<p>A booking record does not prove that a crime occurred.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not establish that the person named committed an offense.<\/p>\n<p>Lockett is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>This report is based only on the provided booking information and cited public resources.<\/p>\n<p>Further details may be reported when official court documents become available.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Nathaniel Lockett, 41, was booked in Otter Tail County on an active felony domestic assault charge, according to county jail records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34876,"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":[1135,17733,768,2945,961,151,3958,11819,3959],"class_list":["post-34875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-assault","tag-booked","tag-county","tag-domestic","tag-felony","tag-man","tag-otter","tag-recently","tag-tail","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34875","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=34875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34877,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34875\/revisions\/34877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}