{"id":39851,"date":"2026-07-28T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=39851"},"modified":"2026-07-25T05:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T10:47:33","slug":"crookston-man-booked-on-first-degree-sex-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/crookston-man-booked-on-first-degree-sex-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Crookston Man Booked on First-Degree Sex Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Crookston Man Booked on First-Degree Sex Charge<\/h2>\n<p><strong>POLK COUNTY, Minn. (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 A 26-year-old man was recently booked into the Polk County jail.<\/p>\n<p>Jail records identify the man as Kristian Michael Akins. His booking date was listed as Friday, July 24, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Akins faces one felony count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The jail entry lists the allegation under Minnesota Statute 609.342.1(a). The booking description involves penetration or sexual contact with a person under age 13.<\/p>\n<p>The listed allegation also states that the accused person was more than 36 months older than the child.<\/p>\n<h2>Charge Listed as a Felony<\/h2>\n<p>First-degree criminal sexual conduct is classified as a serious felony under Minnesota law.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the current law through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A jail booking records an arrest or detention. It does not show that a person has been convicted.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 500px; width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AKINS-KRISTIAN-MICHAEL.jpg\" alt=\"Kristian Michael Akins Polk County jail booking photo\" \/><em>Kristian Michael Akins Booking photo: Polk County jail records<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Case Information May Change<\/h2>\n<p>The charge listed in the booking record may change as the case moves through court.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors must prove every criminal charge beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Akins is presumed innocent unless he is found guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>No conviction was reported with the information available for this story.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details may become available after a complaint is filed. Court hearings may also provide information about bail and future dates.<\/p>\n<p>The public can check updated custody information through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitycorrections-tccc.org\/index.asp?SEC=7AA2A95C-63E9-415B-9B67-C9E68D3D1F20&amp;Type=B_BASIC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tri-County Community Corrections inmate roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The regional corrections agency serves Polk, Norman, and Red Lake counties.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News will provide updates when verified court records 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><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristian Michael Akins was booked into the Polk County jail on a first-degree criminal sexual conduct charge involving a child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39852,"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":"","_mastodon_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":[16951,1290,21701,16602,15237,16683],"class_list":["post-39851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-crookston-jail-booking","tag-first-degree-criminal-sexual-conduct","tag-kristian-michael-akins","tag-minnesota-arrest-news","tag-polk-county-crime-news","tag-polk-county-jail","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39851","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=39851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}