{"id":36066,"date":"2026-07-05T15:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=36066"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:20:05","slug":"thief-river-falls-court-roundup-dwi-assault-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-court-roundup-dwi-assault-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Court Roundup: DWI, Assault Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls Court Roundup: DWI, Assault Cases<\/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 The latest Pennington County bulletin lists recent misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor court outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News pays for copies of this public information.<\/p>\n<h2>Thief River Falls Police Cases<\/h2>\n<p>Juan Jose Paredes, 45, received a $260 fine for possessing a shoplifting tool.<\/p>\n<p>A 364-day jail term was stayed for two years. He received credit for time served.<\/p>\n<p>Paredes will serve two years of court probation. He may not enter Walmart.<\/p>\n<p>The state has 30 days to file a restitution certificate. Paredes then has 30 days to object.<\/p>\n<p>A theft charge was dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Ryan Lasin Brummitt, 23, was sentenced on two domestic assault counts.<\/p>\n<p>He received fines of $210 and $50. Each count carried a stayed 90-day jail sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The sentences will run concurrently. Brummitt received credit for four days already served.<\/p>\n<p>He will complete one year of supervised probation. He must also complete domestic abuse treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Brummitt must receive an assessment within 60 days. He must follow all treatment and aftercare recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>He may not possess firearms, ammunition, or explosives.<\/p>\n<p>Another domestic assault charge was dismissed. A no-contact-order violation was also dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Isaac Perez, 29, received a $585 fine for fourth-degree driving while impaired.<\/p>\n<p>A 90-day jail sentence was stayed for one year. Perez received credit for time served.<\/p>\n<p>He must complete one year of probation, an assessment, and recommended treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Other DWI, insurance, and driving-after-revocation charges were dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Lee Shepard, 37, had a theft charge dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Michael David Jorstad, 40, received fines totaling $415 for two vehicle registration offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Alan Jourdain, 21, had an order-for-protection violation charge dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Katrina Deieedre Carter, 36, received a $135 handheld-device fine.<\/p>\n<h2>Pennington County Sheriff\u2019s Office Cases<\/h2>\n<p>Jose Orlando Gonzalez, 32, received a $285 fine for driving after suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Quade Maguire Axford, 29, received a $585 fine for fourth-degree DWI.<\/p>\n<p>His 90-day jail sentence was stayed for one year. He will serve one year of probation.<\/p>\n<p>Axford must complete an assessment and recommended treatment. A pistol-related alcohol charge was dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penningtonsheriff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennington County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Minnesota State Patrol Cases<\/h2>\n<p>Robert Michael Madden, 43, received three fines totaling $625.<\/p>\n<p>The cases involved speeding, driving after revocation and failing to provide insurance proof.<\/p>\n<p>Brockston Nicholas Masseth, Keith Warren Solberg, Jay Patrick Opdahl and Jitae Kim received $110 seat belt fines.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent Ralph Melina received a $185 fine for having no driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n<p>Shivawn Lashay Williams received a $135 child passenger restraint fine.<\/p>\n<p>Juan Jose Paredes received stays of adjudication on license and insurance charges.<\/p>\n<p>He received $175 in fines and two years of unsupervised monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>Paredes must provide proof of insurance and a valid driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n<p>David John Mindermann received a $115 fine for expired registration.<\/p>\n<p>Dismissed charges are not convictions. Stayed sentences may be imposed when court conditions are violated.<\/p>\n<p>Public case information may be searched through <a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/access-case-records\/mcro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/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<figure id=\"attachment_36067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36067\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36067\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Thief-River-Falls-Court-Roundup-DWI-Assault-Cases-300x200.png\" alt=\"Thief River Falls Court Roundup: DWI, Assault Cases\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Thief-River-Falls-Court-Roundup-DWI-Assault-Cases-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Thief-River-Falls-Court-Roundup-DWI-Assault-Cases-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Thief-River-Falls-Court-Roundup-DWI-Assault-Cases-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Thief-River-Falls-Court-Roundup-DWI-Assault-Cases.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thief River Falls Court Roundup: DWI, Assault Cases<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Pennington County court bulletin lists DWI, assault, traffic and shoplifting-tool cases from Thief River Falls and nearby towns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36067,"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":[1135,4098,2714,772,883,827,824,526,825],"class_list":["post-36066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-assault","tag-cases","tag-court","tag-crime","tag-dwi","tag-falls","tag-river","tag-roundup","tag-thief","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36066","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=36066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36068,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36066\/revisions\/36068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}