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Thief River Falls Threats Lead to Felony Charges<\/h2>\n

THIEF RIVER FALLS<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Bagley man faces charges after a reported domestic incident.<\/p>\n

Tristan Elmer Thompson, 21, has been charged in Pennington County District Court.<\/p>\n

The charges include domestic assault, fourth-degree property damage, and disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n

Thompson also faces two felony counts of threats of violence.<\/p>\n

He received a summons ordering him to appear in court.<\/p>\n

Argument Reported Near 158th Street<\/h2>\n

The Pennington County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> received the report on July 19.<\/p>\n

The incident was reported near 158th Street Northeast, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n

Thompson\u2019s girlfriend said they argued while walking in the area.<\/p>\n

She told investigators Thompson threatened to kill her and break her jaw.<\/p>\n

The complaint says Thompson chased her when she tried to walk away.<\/p>\n

He allegedly took her phone and threw it onto the ground.<\/p>\n

The impact shattered the back of the phone, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

Thompson also allegedly punched, hit, and slapped the woman.<\/p>\n

She said he threw a baseball-sized rock that struck her right side.<\/p>\n

\"Tristan
Tristan Elmer Thompson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Messages Included in Complaint<\/h2>\n

The woman returned to the AmericInn after the reported incident.<\/p>\n

While speaking by phone, a deputy reportedly heard a thud.<\/p>\n

The woman later said Thompson threw an object at the vehicle where she sat.<\/p>\n

She provided investigators with screenshots of text messages the following day.<\/p>\n

The complaint says Thompson wrote that he should have knocked her unconscious.<\/p>\n

He also allegedly wrote that he should have left her for dead.<\/p>\n

In another exchange, the woman referenced his reported threat to break her jaw.<\/p>\n

Thompson allegedly responded with crying and laughing emojis.<\/p>\n

He also allegedly said he would do it and did not care.<\/p>\n

Another message allegedly said he should have assaulted her because of the trouble caused.<\/p>\n

Woman Sought Medical Care<\/h2>\n

Two days later, the woman went to a hospital for a possible broken rib.<\/p>\n

She gave investigators a photo showing redness and a small cut.<\/p>\n

She also reported pelvic pain after the incident.<\/p>\n

A doctor reportedly said bruising could take one week to appear.<\/p>\n

The woman signed releases allowing law enforcement to obtain her medical records.<\/p>\n

The complaint notes a January 2022 domestic assault adjudication in Koochiching County.<\/p>\n

It does not state whether the same woman was involved in that case.<\/p>\n

Charges are allegations. Thompson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

Public case information may be available through Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m Adrian Cole reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Bagley man faces felony threats and domestic assault charges after a reported July 19 incident near Thief River Falls. The case remains pending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41509,"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":[12],"tags":[18894,2158,1025,17318,873,951,22089],"class_list":["post-41508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-bagley-minnesota-news","tag-domestic-assault","tag-minnesota-court-records","tag-pennington-county-charges","tag-thief-river-falls-news","tag-threats-of-violence","tag-tristan-elmer-thompson","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41508","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=41508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41510,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41508\/revisions\/41510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}