{"id":39706,"date":"2026-07-25T13:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=39706"},"modified":"2026-07-24T06:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:04:27","slug":"beltrami-county-man-arrested-on-trespassing-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/beltrami-county-man-arrested-on-trespassing-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltrami County Man Arrested on Trespassing Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Beltrami County Man Arrested on Trespassing Charge<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Beltrami County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Beltrami County man is being held after authorities booked him on a misdemeanor trespassing charge. The booking followed an allegation that he refused to leave property after being directed to do so.<\/p>\n<p>According to records from the <strong>Beltrami County Jail<\/strong>, <strong>Michael Defoe<\/strong>, 58, was taken into custody on <strong>July 23, 2026<\/strong>. Jail records list no bail amount at the time of booking. The case is scheduled to proceed through <strong>District Court<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Charge Filed<\/h2>\n<p>Defoe is charged under <strong>Minnesota Statute 609.605.1(b)(3)<\/strong>. The listed offense is <strong>Trespass \u2013 Premises of Another \u2013 Refuse to Depart<\/strong>. The charge is classified as a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Under Minnesota law, a person may face a trespassing charge if they remain on private property after being asked to leave by the owner or another authorized person. A conviction may result in fines or other penalties determined by the court.<\/p>\n<p>The criminal complaint has not yet been released. Additional facts surrounding the alleged incident have not been made public.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Michael Defoe<\/li>\n<li><strong>Age:<\/strong> 58 (based on booking information)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Height:<\/strong> 5 feet 8 inches<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight:<\/strong> 200 pounds<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hair:<\/strong> Gray<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eyes:<\/strong> Brown<\/li>\n<li><strong>Custody Date:<\/strong> July 23, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Facility:<\/strong> Beltrami County Jail<\/li>\n<li><strong>Case Number:<\/strong> 2026013490<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charge:<\/strong> Trespass \u2013 Premises of Another \u2013 Refuse to Depart<\/li>\n<li><strong>Severity:<\/strong> Misdemeanor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bail:<\/strong> $0.00 listed at booking<\/li>\n<li><strong>Court:<\/strong> District Court<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 35px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 320px; width: 161px; height: 164px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DefoeMichael.png\" alt=\"Michael Defoe Beltrami County Jail Mugshot\" \/><em>Booking photo provided as part of the Beltrami County Jail record.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Court Process<\/h2>\n<p>No initial court date was listed in the available jail record. Court records are expected to be updated after Defoe makes his first appearance before a judge.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not released additional information about the location of the alleged trespassing incident or the circumstances that led to the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>All criminal charges are accusations only. Every defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Resources<\/h2>\n<p>Readers can learn more about Minnesota criminal laws by visiting the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Court case information is available through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information about the county jail can be found on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.beltrami.mn.us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beltrami County website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beltrami County authorities booked Michael Defoe on a misdemeanor trespassing charge after he allegedly refused to leave private property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39707,"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":[1212,5260,14766,3280,16553,21670,955,21671,1303,786],"class_list":["post-39706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-beltrami-county","tag-beltrami-county-jail","tag-bemidji-news","tag-district-court","tag-jail-booking","tag-michael-defoe","tag-minnesota-crime-news","tag-misdemeanor-trespass","tag-trespassing","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39706","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=39706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39708,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39706\/revisions\/39708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}