{"id":36991,"date":"2026-07-10T15:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=36991"},"modified":"2026-07-08T06:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:25:26","slug":"crookston-jail-books-eljay-stewart-on-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/crookston-jail-books-eljay-stewart-on-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Crookston Jail Books Eljay Stewart on Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Crookston Jail Books Eljay Stewart on Assault<\/h2>\n<p><strong>CROOKSTON<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Eljay Stewart was recently booked into Polk County custody.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied jail entry lists July 6, 2026, as Stewart\u2019s booking date.<\/p>\n<p>The record lists Stewart\u2019s birth date as May 25, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart faces a felony third-degree assault charge involving alleged substantial bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>The entry cites Minnesota Statute 609.223, subdivision 1.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Record Provides Limited Details<\/h2>\n<p>The short booking entry does not describe the reported incident.<\/p>\n<p>It does not identify an alleged victim or provide an incident location.<\/p>\n<p>No bond amount appears in the information supplied.<\/p>\n<p>The record also does not list a scheduled court appearance.<\/p>\n<p>No criminal complaint or incident report was included with the booking entry.<\/p>\n<p>Those records may provide the facts supporting the allegation.<\/p>\n<p>They may also describe reported injuries, witness statements, and the event timeline.<\/p>\n<p>No police officers are named in this report.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"max-width: 700px; margin: 25px auto; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; width: 157px; max-width: 600px; height: 209px; margin: 0px auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/STEWART-ELJAY-2.jpg\" alt=\"Eljay Stewart booking photo\" \/><figcaption style=\"margin-top: 8px;\">Eljay Stewart booking photo.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Minnesota Third-Degree Assault Law<\/h2>\n<p>Minnesota law defines this charge as assault that inflicts substantial bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>The offense is listed as a felony under state law.<\/p>\n<p>A conviction may bring up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>A court may also impose a fine of up to $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>Those figures are maximum penalties, not a prediction about this case.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors must prove every required element beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart may challenge the evidence and present a defense.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the law through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Case Remains Pending<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking records a person\u2019s entry into custody.<\/p>\n<p>It does not prove guilt or confirm a criminal conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>The charge may change after prosecutors review reports and other evidence.<\/p>\n<p>A judge may later set bond, release terms, and hearing dates.<\/p>\n<p>Future records may include motions, court orders, and a final case outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Some documents may not become available online immediately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/access-case-records\/mcro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a> provides access to many public district court records.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polkcountymn.gov\/221\/Sheriffs-Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> also provides county law enforcement information.<\/p>\n<p>This report is based only on the booking details supplied.<\/p>\n<p>No complaint, warrant, court order, or incident report was provided.<\/p>\n<p>Official records should be checked for later updates.<\/p>\n<p>Those records may clarify the allegation and Stewart\u2019s custody status.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole, reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eljay Stewart was booked in Crookston on July 6, 2026, on a felony third-degree assault charge involving alleged substantial bodily harm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36992,"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":[1135,17733,7429,892,20773,3505,11819,12195],"class_list":["post-36991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-assault","tag-booked","tag-books","tag-crookston","tag-eljay","tag-jail","tag-recently","tag-stewart","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36991","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=36991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36993,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36991\/revisions\/36993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}