{"id":35667,"date":"2026-07-02T10:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=35667"},"modified":"2026-06-29T05:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:36:22","slug":"fergus-falls-man-booked-on-drug-aiding-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/fergus-falls-man-booked-on-drug-aiding-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Fergus Falls Man Booked on Drug, Aiding Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fergus Falls Man Booked on Drug and Aiding Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fergus Falls<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Michael Lee Hehn, 43, was recently booked into the Otter Tail County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record shows Hehn was booked on Sunday, June 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The record lists three active charges against him. Each charge was listed as a felony in the supplied booking information.<\/p>\n<h2>Two Controlled Substance Charges Listed<\/h2>\n<p>Hehn faces one fifth-degree controlled substance sale charge.<\/p>\n<p>The charge alleges the sale of a mixture containing a Schedule IV controlled substance.<\/p>\n<p>That charge was listed under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/152.025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 152.025, subdivision 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hehn also faces a fifth-degree controlled substance possession charge.<\/p>\n<p>The possession count involves an alleged Schedule I, II, III, or IV controlled substance mixture.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied jail entry identifies the charge under Minnesota Statute 152.025, subdivision 2(a)(1).<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px auto;\"><!-- Replace MUGSHOT_IMAGE_URL with the official booking image URL --><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; width: 199px; max-width: 500px; height: 133px; margin: 0px auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hehn-Michael-Lee.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Lee Hehn booking photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Michael Lee Hehn booking photo.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Aiding an Offender Charge<\/h2>\n<p>The third count alleges Hehn aided an offender who was trying to avoid arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The booking description includes allegations of harboring or concealing an offender.<\/p>\n<p>This charge was listed under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.495, subdivision 1(a)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The law covers knowingly helping an alleged offender avoid arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied record does not explain the events behind the three charges.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not identify the controlled substance, the alleged buyer, or another alleged offender.<\/p>\n<p>No court date, bail amount, or release date was included in the supplied information.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Does Not Establish Guilt<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking records an arrest or detention. It does not establish that a crime occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Hehn is presumed innocent unless he is proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Charges can be amended or dismissed as a case moves through the court system.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can check the <a href=\"https:\/\/ottertailcounty.gov\/public-safety-law\/detention\/jail-in-custody-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Otter Tail County Jail In Custody List<\/a> for current information.<\/p>\n<p>Online custody records can change after court hearings, transfers, or releases.<\/p>\n<p>Official court filings may provide more details after they become publicly 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Lee Hehn, 43, was booked into the Otter Tail County Jail on two controlled substance charges and one aiding an offender charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35668,"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":[20167,17733,959,1191,827,1375,151,11819],"class_list":["post-35667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-aiding","tag-booked","tag-charges","tag-drug","tag-falls","tag-fergus","tag-man","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35667","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=35667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35669,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35667\/revisions\/35669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}