{"id":39095,"date":"2026-07-21T04:52:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=39095"},"modified":"2026-07-21T04:56:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:56:53","slug":"crookston-man-booked-on-burglary-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/crookston-man-booked-on-burglary-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Crookston Man Booked on Burglary Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Crookston Man Booked on Burglary Charge<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Crookston, Minnesota<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Crookston man has been booked into the Polk County Jail following a burglary-related charge, according to jail records.<\/p>\n<p>William Lee Beaulieu Jr., 24, was booked into the Polk County Jail on July 18, 2026. Jail records show he faces one count of <strong>Fourth-Degree Burglary \u2013 To Commit a Misdemeanor<\/strong> under Minnesota Statute 609.582.4.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Information<\/h2>\n<p>According to the Polk County Jail booking report, Beaulieu was born on April 12, 2002. The listed offense is classified as Fourth-Degree Burglary involving the intent to commit a misdemeanor inside a building.<\/p>\n<p>The jail roster identifies the charge as a gross misdemeanor offense. Formal court proceedings will determine how the case moves forward.<\/p>\n<h2>What the Charge Means<\/h2>\n<p>Minnesota law defines fourth-degree burglary as entering a building without permission and committing or intending to commit certain crimes inside. The specific facts of this case have not been released in the booking record.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 30px 0;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 320px; width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BEAULIEU-WILLIAM-LEE-JR-1.jpg\" alt=\"William Lee Beaulieu Jr. Polk County Jail Mugshot\" \/><em>Booking photo provided through the Polk County Jail booking process.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Public Records<\/h2>\n<p>Booking information is considered public record in Minnesota. A booking indicates an arrest or detention. It is not a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details may become available as court filings are made public. Court records can be accessed through the<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information about inmates and booking records is available through the<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.polk.mn.us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polk County<\/a> website when records are publicly released.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News will continue to monitor this case. Updates will be published if additional court information becomes 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<hr \/>\n<p><small>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crookston man William Lee Beaulieu Jr. was recently booked into the Polk County Jail on a fourth-degree burglary misdemeanor charge, according to jail records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39088,"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":[17733,1192,848,892,151,11819],"class_list":["post-39095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-burglary","tag-charge","tag-crookston","tag-man","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39095","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=39095"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39103,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39095\/revisions\/39103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}