{"id":36065,"date":"2026-07-05T05:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=36065"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:27:06","slug":"thief-river-falls-man-charged-in-camper-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-man-charged-in-camper-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Man Charged in Camper Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls Man Charged in Camper Assault<\/h2>\n<p><strong>THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a> \u2014 A second local man faces felony charges after an alleged assault at a rural camper.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Ryan Lasin Brummitt, 23, was arrested in connection with the Sunday, June 14, incident.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors charged Brummitt with first-degree burglary of a dwelling. He also faces aiding and abetting third-degree assault.<\/p>\n<h2>Juvenile Reported Concussion and Other Injuries<\/h2>\n<p>The alleged attack happened at a camper on 137th Street Northeast, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p>A juvenile suffered a concussion and other injuries during the incident. A deputy photographed the reported wounds.<\/p>\n<p>The juvenile said a girl entered the camper without permission. She allegedly struck him several times.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint says five men then entered the dark camper. The juvenile said several people punched and stomped him.<\/p>\n<p>He identified Justin Alan Jourdain as one alleged attacker. He also said Brummitt may have entered the camper first.<\/p>\n<p>The juvenile could not identify every person involved. He said there were no lights inside the camper.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 24px auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 500px; width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrummittJacob1.jpg\" alt=\"Jacob Ryan Lasin Brummitt mugshot\" \/><figcaption style=\"margin-top: 8px;\">Jacob Ryan Lasin Brummitt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Witnesses Describe Activity Around Camper<\/h2>\n<p>Two witnesses told investigators they traveled to the camper with Brummitt and Jourdain.<\/p>\n<p>One witness said Jourdain asked them to pick up Brummitt from a casino. They then followed a pickup to the camper.<\/p>\n<p>The witness said Brummitt and Jourdain entered the camper. The camper then began shaking.<\/p>\n<p>Another witness said the girl started hitting the juvenile. Brummitt and Jourdain then allegedly joined the assault.<\/p>\n<p>A friend outside the camper reported hearing threats. He also said someone displayed a black handgun.<\/p>\n<p>Another witness said nobody had a gun. The complaint does not resolve those conflicting statements.<\/p>\n<h2>Earlier Dispute Mentioned in Complaint<\/h2>\n<p>Witnesses said the incident followed an earlier dispute near Gleason Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>One man allegedly called Jourdain for backup after that dispute. The group later returned to the camper.<\/p>\n<p>A witness said people tried to calm the situation. However, Jourdain allegedly continued encouraging the group.<\/p>\n<p>Another person reported hearing threats against someone and that person\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p>One witness said Jourdain called Brummitt his \u201cfighter cousin.\u201d Jourdain allegedly described himself as backup for another man.<\/p>\n<p>Jourdain also claimed he was unarmed and never entered the camper, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<h2>Case Remains Pending<\/h2>\n<p>It remains unclear whether more people will face charges. Jourdain faces a separate felony terroristic threats charge.<\/p>\n<p>Brummitt and Jourdain are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can search public case information through <a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us\/CaseSearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Local law enforcement information is available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penningtonsheriff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennington County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Chris Harper, reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Thief River Falls man faces felony burglary and assault charges after a juvenile was allegedly beaten inside a rural camper on June 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36070,"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":[1135,9615,770,772,827,151,824,825],"class_list":["post-36065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-assault","tag-camper","tag-charged","tag-crime","tag-falls","tag-man","tag-river","tag-thief","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36065","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=36065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36069,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36065\/revisions\/36069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}