{"id":38597,"date":"2026-07-20T06:58:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=38597"},"modified":"2026-07-19T06:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:43:55","slug":"madison-man-booked-on-five-assault-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/madison-man-booked-on-five-assault-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison Man Booked on Five Assault Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Madison Man Booked on Five Assault Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Cass County (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 A Madison, Minnesota, man was recently booked into the Cass County Jail on five alleged offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Erik Patrick Hastad, 32, was booked at 9:31 p.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The listed allegations include domestic assault by strangulation and third-degree assault. Jail records also list misdemeanor domestic assault and interference with a 911 call.<\/p>\n<p>Hastad is also accused of obstructing the legal process by interfering with a peace officer.<\/p>\n<h2>Charges Listed in Jail Records<\/h2>\n<p>The most serious listed allegation involves domestic assault by strangulation. The charge falls under Minnesota Statute 609.2247, subdivision 2.<\/p>\n<p>The statute applies to an alleged assault involving a family or household member. More information is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.2247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hastad also faces a misdemeanor domestic assault allegation. That count claims bodily harm was intentionally caused or attempted.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Replace the URL below with the correct mugshot image URL. --><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><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\/Hastad-Erik-Patrick.png\" alt=\"Erik Patrick Hastad booking photo\" \/><em>Erik Patrick Hastad booking photo.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Additional Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>A third count alleges third-degree assault resulting in substantial bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>Another count alleges interference with an emergency telephone call. The booking entry claims a 911 call was interrupted, impeded, or disrupted.<\/p>\n<p>The final listed count alleges obstruction of the legal process. Records claim Hastad interfered with a peace officer.<\/p>\n<p>No further details about the reported incident were included in the booking information provided to TRF News.<\/p>\n<p>The records do not identify the alleged victim. TRF News does not publish domestic assault victims\u2019 names without clear public interest.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Is Not a Conviction<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking records an arrest and the allegations listed at that time. It does not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Charges may change as prosecutors review reports and available evidence. A court will decide the outcome through the legal process.<\/p>\n<p>Hastad is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Information about the facility is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casscountymn.gov\/1321\/Detention-Center-Jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cass County Detention Center website<\/a>.<\/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><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Madison, Minnesota, man was booked into the Cass County Jail on five allegations, including domestic assault by strangulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38598,"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":"","_bluesky_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":[1135,17733,959,13446,21437,151,11819],"class_list":["post-38597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-assault","tag-booked","tag-charges","tag-five","tag-madison","tag-man","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38597","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=38597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38599,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38597\/revisions\/38599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}