{"id":39925,"date":"2026-07-29T01:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=39925"},"modified":"2026-07-25T08:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:01:56","slug":"clay-county-cody-townsend-booked-on-assault-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/clay-county-cody-townsend-booked-on-assault-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay County: Cody Townsend Booked on Assault Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Clay County: Cody Townsend Booked on Assault Charge<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Clay County (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Cody Dan Townsend, 43, was booked into the Clay County Jail after an arrest by the Clay County Sheriff&#8217;s Office on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>According to public jail records, Townsend was booked at approximately 10:34 p.m. on July 24, 2026. The booking lists the Clay County Sheriff&#8217;s Office as the arresting agency.<\/p>\n<p>The jail roster shows one allegation of <strong>Domestic Assault \u2014 Commits Act to Cause Fear of Immediate Bodily Harm or Death<\/strong>. The public booking record does not include additional details about the reported incident.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not released information describing where the alleged offense occurred or the events that led to the arrest. The public jail record also does not include a probable cause statement.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Cody Dan Townsend<\/li>\n<li><strong>Age:<\/strong> 43<\/li>\n<li><strong>Booking Date:<\/strong> July 24, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Booking Time:<\/strong> 10:34 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arresting Agency:<\/strong> Clay County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charge:<\/strong> Domestic Assault \u2014 Allegedly Committing an Act Intended to Cause Fear of Immediate Bodily Harm or Death<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 35px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 420px; width: 100%; height: auto; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TOWNSEND-CODY-DAN.jpg\" alt=\"Cody Dan Townsend Clay County Jail booking photo\" \/><em>Booking photo of Cody Dan Townsend.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Case Status<\/h2>\n<p>The booking record contains only basic custody information. It does not list bond conditions, scheduled court hearings, or additional case details.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic assault allegations are investigated under Minnesota law. Prosecutors review the available evidence before determining how a case proceeds through the court system.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information may become available when formal court documents are filed. Those records may provide more information about the allegations and future hearings.<\/p>\n<p>A jail booking records that a person has been taken into custody. It is not a finding of guilt. Criminal charges are allegations that must be proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>Townsend is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<h2>Public Records<\/h2>\n<p>Current custody information is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/claycountymn.gov\/1454\/Inmate-Roster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clay County Jail Inmate Roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Court records and future hearing information may be viewed through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/Access-Case-Records\/MCRO.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information about Minnesota assault laws is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News will continue to follow this case and report any significant developments that become part of the public record.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<footer><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cody Dan Townsend, 43, was booked into the Clay County Jail after an alleged domestic assault arrest by the Clay County Sheriff&#8217;s Office on July 24, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39926,"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":[18951,1145,15270,3726,21729,2158,2675,11030,786],"class_list":["post-39925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-clay-county-booking","tag-clay-county-jail","tag-clay-county-news","tag-clay-county-sheriffs-office","tag-cody-dan-townsend","tag-domestic-assault","tag-domestic-assault-charge","tag-minnesota-arrest","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39925","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=39925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39927,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39925\/revisions\/39927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}