{"id":41865,"date":"2026-08-06T06:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=41865"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:53:44","slug":"cass-lake-foot-chase-ends-in-felony-drug-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/cass-lake-foot-chase-ends-in-felony-drug-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Cass Lake Foot Chase Ends in Felony Drug Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cass Lake Foot Chase Ends in Felony Drug Charge<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Cass Lake<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Derek James Hunt faces two charges after a foot chase and an alleged methamphetamine discovery.<\/p>\n<p>A Cass County court complaint charges Hunt with fifth-degree drug possession, a felony. He also faces misdemeanor fleeing on foot.<\/p>\n<p>The case was filed in Minnesota\u2019s Ninth Judicial District under court file 11-CR-26-756.<\/p>\n<h2>Investigators Locate Hunt in Cass Lake<\/h2>\n<p>According to the complaint, officers received information about Hunt\u2019s location on May 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities believed Hunt had an active arrest warrant from Beltrami County.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint says Hunt was near a home on Basswood Avenue in Cass Lake.<\/p>\n<p>An investigator later saw a man matching Hunt\u2019s description nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities identified the man as Hunt and directed him to approach.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint alleges Hunt entered an alley and ran away.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators searched the area and returned to the reported home.<\/p>\n<p>They allegedly saw Hunt trying to enter the residence.<\/p>\n<p>Another law enforcement vehicle arrived with emergency lights and a siren.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt allegedly ran again before stopping and falling to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested without any further reported struggle, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; width: 152px; max-width: 500px; height: 154px; margin: 0px auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HuntDerek.png\" alt=\"Derek James Hunt booking photo\" \/><figcaption style=\"margin-top: 8px;\">Derek James Hunt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Complaint Alleges Methamphetamine Was Found<\/h2>\n<p>Authorities searched Hunt after the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint says they found a substance that tested positive for methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p>The substance weighed 0.51 grams with its packaging, court documents state.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege Hunt possessed methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.<\/p>\n<p>The felony charge carries a maximum five-year sentence, a $10,000 fine, or both.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/152.025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota\u2019s fifth-degree drug possession law<\/a> through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes.<\/p>\n<p>The fleeing charge carries a maximum 90-day jail sentence, a $1,000 fine, or both.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota\u2019s fleeing law<\/a> also appears on the Revisor\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<h2>Complaint Lists Earlier Convictions<\/h2>\n<p>The complaint lists earlier controlled-substance convictions in Morrison, Hubbard, and Cass counties.<\/p>\n<p>Those records include fifth-degree and third-degree drug convictions.<\/p>\n<p>The court filing also contains a date conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Count II lists May 30, 2025, while the probable-cause section states May 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The case remains pending in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/Find-Courts\/Cass.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cass County District Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Charges contained in a court complaint are allegations, not proof of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derek James Hunt faces a felony drug charge and misdemeanor fleeing charge after a foot chase in Cass Lake, according to a court complaint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41866,"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":[1048,14787,15480,5234,1482,12406,955],"class_list":["post-41865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-cass-county-court","tag-cass-lake-news","tag-derek-james-hunt","tag-felony-drug-charge","tag-fleeing-charge","tag-methamphetamine-possession","tag-minnesota-crime-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41865","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=41865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41868,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41865\/revisions\/41868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}