{"id":35147,"date":"2026-06-27T08:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=35147"},"modified":"2026-06-27T08:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:21:23","slug":"white-earth-woman-sentenced-for-false-crime-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/white-earth-woman-sentenced-for-false-crime-report\/","title":{"rendered":"White Earth Woman Sentenced for False Crime Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

White Earth Woman Sentenced for False Crime Report<\/h2>\n

WHITE EARTH<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Erica Theresa Heisler has been sentenced for falsely reporting a crime.<\/p>\n

Heisler, 31, received the misdemeanor sentence in Becker County District Court.<\/p>\n

A felony charge alleging assistance to an offender was dismissed under a plea agreement.<\/p>\n

False Fight Reported<\/h2>\n

Court records place the incident on October 2, 2025.<\/p>\n

Heisler reported a fight at the former White Earth school, according to those records.<\/p>\n

The report was intended to draw officers away from a rural Ogema home.<\/p>\n

A man wanted on a warrant had reportedly been seen at the Moose Street residence.<\/p>\n

Several officers responded to the school after receiving the fight report.<\/p>\n

They found no evidence of an altercation at the location.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, agents entered the Ogema residence and found the wanted man in the basement.<\/p>\n

He was arrested without incident, according to court records.<\/p>\n


\n\"Erica
\n<\/a>
Erica Theresa Heisler booking photo. Source: Becker County Jail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Call Made Under False Name<\/h2>\n

Investigators later determined the fight report had been made under a false name.<\/p>\n

Special agents reviewed the recorded dispatch call as part of their investigation.<\/p>\n

They identified Heisler\u2019s voice on the recording, according to the court record.<\/p>\n

The supplied records do not identify the false name used during the call.<\/p>\n

Sentence Includes Jail and Probation<\/h2>\n

Heisler was sentenced on May 7 to 90 days in the Becker County Jail.<\/p>\n

The court stayed 86 days for one year.<\/p>\n

She was ordered to serve four days and received credit for four days served.<\/p>\n

The court imposed a $150 fine and $160 in court fees.<\/p>\n

Heisler was also placed on unsupervised probation for one year.<\/p>\n

The supplied summary does not list additional probation conditions.<\/p>\n

Minnesota False Reporting Law<\/h2>\n

Minnesota Statute 609.505<\/a> covers knowingly false crime reports made to law enforcement.<\/p>\n

The law applies when someone intends officers to rely on the false information.<\/p>\n

A first conviction is a misdemeanor under the statute.<\/p>\n

A second or later conviction is classified as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

The dismissed felony charge did not result in a conviction.<\/p>\n

Court Information<\/h2>\n

The Becker County District Court<\/a> is located in Detroit Lakes.<\/p>\n

Public records may be available through Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Erica Theresa Heisler, 31, of White Earth received jail credit, fines and probation for falsely reporting a fight to divert officers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35294,"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":[772,1637,2637,52,1499,2078,705,620],"class_list":["post-35147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-crime","tag-earth","tag-false","tag-for","tag-report","tag-sentenced","tag-white","tag-woman","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35147","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=35147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35295,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35147\/revisions\/35295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}