{"id":35717,"date":"2026-07-02T08:08:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=35717"},"modified":"2026-06-30T04:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:58:29","slug":"thief-river-falls-woman-held-on-theft-assault-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-woman-held-on-theft-assault-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Woman Held on Theft, Assault Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls Woman Held on Theft, Assault Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>THIEF RIVER FALLS<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">(trfnews.i234.me)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Malerie Larose was booked into the Pennington County Jail on Monday, June 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record lists two gross misdemeanor charges under the same case number.<\/p>\n<p>One charge involves theft of movable property without the owner\u2019s consent.<\/p>\n<p>The second charge alleges fourth-degree assault against a peace officer.<\/p>\n<h2>Theft Charge Filed<\/h2>\n<p>The theft charge cites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.52\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.52<\/a>, subdivision 2(a)(1).<\/p>\n<p>That law covers taking, using, transferring, hiding, or keeping another person\u2019s movable property without consent.<\/p>\n<p>The statute also requires an alleged intent to permanently deprive the owner of that property.<\/p>\n<p>The available jail record does not identify the property involved.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not provide an estimated value for the property.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 24px 0;\"><!-- Replace MUGSHOT-IMAGE-URL-HERE with the direct mugshot URL --><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/incustodysearch.penningtonsheriff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LaroseMalerie1.jpg\" alt=\"Malerie Larose booking photo\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><figcaption>Malerie Larose booking photo. Click the image to view the official inmate locator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Fourth-Degree Assault Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>The assault charge cites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.2231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.2231<\/a>, subdivision 1(b).<\/p>\n<p>That section covers the physical assault of a peace officer performing lawful duties.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record classifies the alleged offense as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Larose remained listed on hold when the booking information was posted.<\/p>\n<p>The record showed a bail or fine amount of $0.00.<\/p>\n<p>That entry does not explain whether bail was unavailable, pending, or not yet entered.<\/p>\n<h2>Court Information Pending<\/h2>\n<p>No court date appeared in the available booking information.<\/p>\n<p>The case was listed for the District Court in Pennington County.<\/p>\n<p>Additional court filings may provide more information about the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Larose was listed as 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighing 152 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>The record listed black hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penningtonsheriff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pennington County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> maintains the county jail.<\/p>\n<p>Its online inmate locator provides current public custody information.<\/p>\n<p>Jail records can change after hearings, releases, or new court orders.<\/p>\n<p>A jail booking is not a finding of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Charges remain allegations unless they are proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>Larose is presumed innocent unless convicted through the legal process.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Chris Harper, reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malerie Larose was booked into the Pennington County Jail on theft and fourth-degree assault charges, according to custody records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35718,"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":[1135,17733,959,827,3148,11819,824,1051,825,620],"class_list":["post-35717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-assault","tag-booked","tag-charges","tag-falls","tag-held","tag-recently","tag-river","tag-theft","tag-thief","tag-woman","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35717","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=35717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35719,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35717\/revisions\/35719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}