{"id":37159,"date":"2026-07-11T06:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=37159"},"modified":"2026-07-09T05:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:51:29","slug":"moorhead-man-booked-on-assault-sex-crime-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/moorhead-man-booked-on-assault-sex-crime-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorhead Man Booked on Assault, Sex Crime Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Moorhead Man Booked on Assault, Sex Crime Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>MOORHEAD, Minn.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Harold Cody Narbut, 44, was booked into the Clay County Jail early Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The booking was recorded at 5:02 a.m. on July 7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The jail entry lists two agencies connected to the booking.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Department of Corrections lists one fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct allegation.<\/p>\n<p>The brief label references a person aged 16 or 17 and a significant relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The Moorhead Police Department lists two additional alleged offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Those counts include second-degree assault involving a dangerous weapon and domestic assault.<\/p>\n<p>The domestic assault label states that no great bodily harm or weapon was alleged.<\/p>\n<h2>What the Booking Record Shows<\/h2>\n<p>The public record provides Narbut\u2019s name, age, booking time, agencies, and charge labels.<\/p>\n<p>It does not explain the events that led to the booking.<\/p>\n<p>The entry does not identify any alleged victim or incident location.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not provide a court file number, bail amount, or hearing date.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can check the <a href=\"https:\/\/claycountymn.gov\/1454\/Inmate-Roster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clay County inmate roster<\/a> for current custody information.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"max-width: 500px; margin: 30px auto; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/claycountymn.gov\/1454\/Inmate-Roster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%; max-width: 420px; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NARBUT-HAROLD-CODY.jpg\" alt=\"Clay County booking photo of Harold Cody Narbut\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><figcaption style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">Harold Cody Narbut&#8217;s booking photo. Source: Clay County inmate roster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Minnesota Laws Linked to the Allegations<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.345<\/a> covers fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.222<\/a> addresses second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.2242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.2242<\/a> covers domestic assault involving a family or household member.<\/p>\n<p>The short jail labels do not confirm every legal element of each allegation.<\/p>\n<p>A filed complaint may provide the exact statutory subdivisions and supporting claims.<\/p>\n<p>Court records may also explain why two agencies appear in the same booking entry.<\/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 establish guilt or prove the listed allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Narbut is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors may amend, reduce, or dismiss charges after reviewing the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>A judge may later set bail, release conditions, and future hearing dates.<\/p>\n<p>Those details were not included in the supplied booking information.<\/p>\n<p>Case updates may appear through <a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us\/CaseSearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Clay County warns that online roster information may be incomplete or outdated.<\/p>\n<p>The county advises readers not to rely on roster data for legal action.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News will update this report when verified court documents become available.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole, reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TRF News<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harold Cody Narbut, 44, was booked in Clay County on alleged assault, domestic assault, and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37160,"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":[1135,17733,959,772,151,1346,11819,794],"class_list":["post-37159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-assault","tag-booked","tag-charges","tag-crime","tag-man","tag-moorhead","tag-recently","tag-sex","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37159","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=37159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37161,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37159\/revisions\/37161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}