{"id":37398,"date":"2026-07-11T16:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T21:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=37398"},"modified":"2026-07-11T06:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:36:58","slug":"thief-river-falls-booking-lists-two-assault-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-booking-lists-two-assault-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Booking Lists Two Assault Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls Booking Lists Two Assault Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Pennington County (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Misty Decoteau was booked into the Pennington County Jail on July 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record lists two assault charges under Minnesota law. One charge is a misdemeanor domestic assault allegation. The second is a felony fourth-degree assault allegation involving claimed bias motivation.<\/p>\n<p>Decoteau is listed on a hold at the county jail. The booking record shows no scheduled court date. It also shows a $0.00 bail or fine amount.<\/p>\n<p>That figure may not represent a final release decision. Release conditions are decided through the court process.<\/p>\n<h2>Charges Listed in the Booking Record<\/h2>\n<p>The case is filed under number 26012065. The booking record lists the following allegations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Misdemeanor domestic assault:<\/strong> The record alleges intentional bodily harm, or an attempt to cause bodily harm.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Felony fourth-degree assault:<\/strong> The record describes a bias-related allegation following a prior conviction within five years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.2242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.2242<\/a> addresses domestic assault against family or household members.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.2231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.2231<\/a> addresses fourth-degree assault, including assaults described as motivated by bias.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 24px auto;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DecoteauMisty1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%; max-width: 420px; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DecoteauMisty1.jpg\" alt=\"Booking photo of Misty Decoteau\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><figcaption>Misty Decoteau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Booking Information<\/h2>\n<p>The record lists Decoteau at five feet, five inches tall. Her listed weight is 135 pounds. The record lists brown hair and hazel eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The case is assigned to the District Court. No court date appeared in the supplied booking information.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can check public court updates through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/Access-Case-Records.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>. Court records may change after hearings, filings, or release decisions.<\/p>\n<h2>Charges Remain Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking does not prove guilt. Criminal charges are allegations unless proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>Decoteau is presumed innocent unless a judge or jury finds her guilty. The court may later change charges, bail, or hearing dates.<\/p>\n<p>This report is based on the supplied Pennington County Jail booking information. TRF News will update the case when verified details become available.<\/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><small>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Pennington County jail booking lists domestic assault and felony bias-motivated assault charges against Misty Decoteau in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37399,"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":[1135,17733,7789,959,827,13963,11819,824,825,2005],"class_list":["post-37398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-assault","tag-booked","tag-booking","tag-charges","tag-falls","tag-lists","tag-recently","tag-river","tag-thief","tag-two","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37398","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=37398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37400,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37398\/revisions\/37400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}