{"id":38758,"date":"2026-07-23T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=38758"},"modified":"2026-07-19T16:59:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T21:59:31","slug":"karlstad-man-charged-in-marshall-county-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/karlstad-man-charged-in-marshall-county-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Karlstad Man Charged in Marshall County Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Karlstad Man Charged in Marshall County Assault<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Marshall County (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 A Karlstad man is facing a felony assault charge after a reported June 2026 incident that left a woman injured.<\/p>\n<p>Shane Scott Stone, 54, of Karlstad, is charged with third-degree assault causing substantial bodily harm. The charge was filed in Marshall County District Court.<\/p>\n<p>The case involves an alleged assault reported to authorities after the victim received medical treatment in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n<h2>Assault Report Leads to Felony Charge<\/h2>\n<p>Court documents state the alleged assault happened on June 21, 2026, in Marshall County.<\/p>\n<p>According to the criminal complaint, Stone is accused of assaulting Tiffany Nelson. The complaint states Nelson suffered multiple injuries, including a concussion.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint alleges Stone kicked Nelson in the head, pulled her hair, and threw her around during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The charge carries a possible sentence of up to five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/STONE-SHANE-SCOTT.jpg\" alt=\"Shane Scott Stone mugshot\" \/><em>Booking photo of Shane Scott Stone.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Victim Reports Injuries<\/h2>\n<p>The complaint states that a family member contacted authorities on June 23, 2026, to report the alleged assault.<\/p>\n<p>The report said Nelson was taken to a Thief River Falls hospital after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson later contacted authorities and said she wanted to pursue charges.<\/p>\n<p>She reported that Stone was at her residence when he became angry and began yelling.<\/p>\n<p>She told investigators she did not remember everything that happened during the assault.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint states Nelson remembered being pulled by her hair and thrown around.<\/p>\n<p>She also reported that her cellphone was taken during the incident, preventing her from calling for help.<\/p>\n<h2>Court Case Moves Forward<\/h2>\n<p>Medical records described injuries including bruising to Nelson\u2019s arms, jaw, and temple.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint states Nelson was seeking a protection order against Stone.<\/p>\n<p>Court records also state Stone was already under release conditions in Pennington County related to previous drug charges and a DWI case.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations contained in a criminal complaint are not proof of guilt. Stone is considered innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>More information about Minnesota court cases is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole, reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karlstad man Shane Stone faces a felony assault charge after a reported attack that caused injuries and a concussion in Marshall County, Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38759,"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":[12],"tags":[1216,18164,21367,1286,21368,778],"class_list":["post-38758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-felony-assault-charge","tag-karlstad-minnesota","tag-marshall-county-assault","tag-minnesota-court","tag-shane-stone","tag-thief-river-falls","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38758","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=38758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38760,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38758\/revisions\/38760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}