{"id":37114,"date":"2026-07-11T06:02:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=37114"},"modified":"2026-07-09T04:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:43:18","slug":"polk-county-keith-bigeagle-booked-for-contempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/polk-county-keith-bigeagle-booked-for-contempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County: Keith Bigeagle Booked for Contempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Polk County: Keith Bigeagle Booked for Contempt<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Polk County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Keith Vernon Bigeagle was booked into the Polk County Jail on July 7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Booking information supplied to TRF News lists one misdemeanor contempt charge. The listed offense involves alleged willful disobedience of a court mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Bigeagle was 39 years old at the time of the reported booking. The information identifies Minnesota Statute 588.20, subdivision 2, clause 4.<\/p>\n<h2>Charge Listed in Booking Information<\/h2>\n<p>The booking entry describes the charge as contempt of court. It also lists willful disobedience to a court mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota law classifies this conduct as misdemeanor contempt. The law covers willful disobedience of a lawful court process or mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the law through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/588.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BIGEAGLE-KEITH-VERNON-2.jpg\" alt=\"Keith Vernon Bigeagle Polk County Jail booking photo\" \/><figcaption>Keith Vernon Bigeagle booking photo.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Booking Does Not Establish Guilt<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking records a person\u2019s entry into custody. It does not prove guilt or show a final court result.<\/p>\n<p>Charges may change after prosecutors and courts review a case. Some cases are dismissed or resolved through later court action.<\/p>\n<p>No further case details were included in the information provided to TRF News. That includes the court order involved in the allegation.<\/p>\n<p>The booking details also did not list a court date. They did not provide a bond amount or release status.<\/p>\n<p>The available entry does not explain what conduct led to the charge. It also does not identify any related court case.<\/p>\n<p>Those details may appear in later court filings. They should not be assumed from the booking entry alone.<\/p>\n<p>Official updates may be available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/co.polk.mn.us\/sheriff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>. Court records should be checked for the latest case status.<\/p>\n<h2>Public Record Notice<\/h2>\n<p>This report is based on booking information provided to TRF News. All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Readers should rely on court records for final outcomes. Jail listings can change after release, transfer, or case review.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole, reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith Vernon Bigeagle was booked into the Polk County Jail on July 7 on a misdemeanor contempt charge involving a court mandate in Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37115,"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":[20778,17733,11441,768,52,4074,895,11819],"class_list":["post-37114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-bigeagle","tag-booked","tag-contempt","tag-county","tag-for","tag-keith","tag-polk","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37114","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=37114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37116,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37114\/revisions\/37116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}