{"id":36506,"date":"2026-07-07T16:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=36506"},"modified":"2026-07-04T19:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:21:33","slug":"climax-man-charged-in-registry-address-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/climax-man-charged-in-registry-address-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Climax Man Charged in Registry Address Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Climax Man Charged in Registry Address Case<\/h2>\n<p><strong>CLIMAX, Minn.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Climax man faces a felony charge involving Minnesota\u2019s predatory offender registry.<\/p>\n<p>Shane Dennis Gorden, 46, is charged with failing to register his primary address. The charge was filed in Polk County District Court.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint lists the alleged offense date as May 18, 2026. Prosecutors allege the violation continued from February 11 through May 18.<\/p>\n<h2>Address Change Questioned<\/h2>\n<p>Court records state Gorden changed his registered address on February 11. He listed a mobile home address in Hawley as his primary residence.<\/p>\n<p>However, investigators reviewed several calls involving Gorden at an apartment in Climax. Those calls occurred during March, April, and May.<\/p>\n<p>A woman at the apartment reportedly told deputies that Gorden was her boyfriend. She also said they lived together at the Climax address.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 30px 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\/GORDEN-SHANE-DENNIS.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot of Shane Dennis Gorden\" \/><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 8px;\">Shane Dennis Gorden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Statements Cited in Complaint<\/h2>\n<p>Deputies later went to the Climax apartment while seeking Gorden on an unrelated warrant. The complaint says Gorden came from a closet.<\/p>\n<p>Gorden reportedly told deputies that he lived with his mother in Hawley. Police then contacted authorities familiar with that registered address.<\/p>\n<p>His mother reportedly said Gorden did not live there. She also said she had not seen him since May 8.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint cites another statement Gorden allegedly made during a May 15 transport. He reportedly said he lived with his girlfriend in Climax.<\/p>\n<h2>Felony Charge Filed<\/h2>\n<p>Prosecutors allege Gorden knowingly failed to register his true primary address. The case is filed as court number 60-CR-26-780.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint lists a possible sentence of two to five years. It also lists a fine of up to $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>The charge falls under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/243.166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 243.166<\/a>. The law covers predatory offender registration duties.<\/p>\n<p>Public case information may be available through <a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/access-case-records\/mcro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A criminal complaint contains allegations. Gorden is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Chris Harper, reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.9em;\"><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Climax man faces a felony charge after prosecutors alleged he failed to register his primary address between February and May 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36507,"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":[2975,871,770,10899,772,151,796],"class_list":["post-36506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-address","tag-case","tag-charged","tag-climax","tag-crime","tag-man","tag-registry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36506","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=36506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36508,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36506\/revisions\/36508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}