{"id":36027,"date":"2026-07-05T14:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=36027"},"modified":"2026-07-02T05:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:10:36","slug":"bena-man-booked-on-felony-property-damage-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/bena-man-booked-on-felony-property-damage-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Bena Man Booked on Felony Property Damage Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bena Man Booked on Felony Property Damage Charge<\/h2>\n

BENA, Minn.<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Bena man was recently booked into the Cass County Jail.<\/p>\n

The booking record identifies him as 27-year-old Hank Paush Demo-Pierce.<\/p>\n

He was booked at 4:18 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

The listed charge is first-degree criminal damage to property.<\/p>\n

The charge falls under Minnesota Statute 609.595, subdivision 1, clause 4.<\/p>\n

Charge Involves More Than $1,000<\/h2>\n

The charge applies when alleged property damage reduces value by more than $1,000.<\/p>\n

That amount is measured through repair and replacement costs under state law.<\/p>\n

First-degree criminal damage to property is a felony-level offense in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

The law allows a sentence of up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n

It also allows a fine of up to $10,000, or both penalties.<\/p>\n

Minnesota law allows certain damage amounts to be combined across a six-month period.<\/p>\n

That rule may apply when the same defendant allegedly damaged multiple properties.<\/p>\n

The available booking information does not say whether that rule applies here.<\/p>\n

Readers can review the full law through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Cass
Hank Paush Demo-Pierce \u2014 Cass County Jail booking photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Booking Details Remain Limited<\/h2>\n

The information provided for this report did not include an incident summary.<\/p>\n

It also did not include a court file number or bond amount.<\/p>\n

No future hearing date was listed in the provided information.<\/p>\n

Authorities did not provide details about the damaged property.<\/p>\n

The reported location of the alleged offense was also not included.<\/p>\n

The booking entry lists Demo-Pierce as an adult arrested in Cass County.<\/p>\n

He was listed as recently booked when the information was released.<\/p>\n

The Cass County Detention Center<\/a> maintains county jail operations in Walker.<\/p>\n

Charges Are Allegations<\/h2>\n

A jail booking does not establish guilt.<\/p>\n

Demo-Pierce is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors must prove any filed charge beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n

Charges may change as a case moves through the court system.<\/p>\n

Additional information may become available through court records or county officials.<\/p>\n

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

A 27-year-old Bena man was booked into the Cass County Jail on a first-degree property damage charge involving more than $1,000 in loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36028,"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":[14721,17733,848,870,961,151,6467,11819],"class_list":["post-36027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-bena","tag-booked","tag-charge","tag-damage","tag-felony","tag-man","tag-property","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36027","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=36027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36029,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36027\/revisions\/36029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}