{"id":44016,"date":"2026-08-17T08:44:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=44016"},"modified":"2026-08-15T09:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:01:01","slug":"moorhead-james-kollie-booked-on-murder-assault-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/moorhead-james-kollie-booked-on-murder-assault-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorhead: James Kollie Booked on Murder, Assault Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Moorhead: James Kollie Booked on Murder, Assault Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>MOORHEAD, Minn.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 James Diawo Kollie, 28, was booked into the Clay County Jail Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Clay County records show the booking occurred at 7:16 p.m. on August 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The jail roster lists charges connected with two law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Those agencies are the Clay County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and Moorhead Police Department.<\/p>\n<h2>Four Charges Listed in Jail Roster<\/h2>\n<p>Two fourth-degree assault charges appear under the Clay County Sheriff&#8217;s Office listing.<\/p>\n<p>One charge is listed as fourth-degree assault of a peace officer.<\/p>\n<p>The second assault charge is listed as involving demonstrable bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>Two murder charges appear under the Moorhead Police Department listing.<\/p>\n<p>One is listed as first-degree premeditated murder.<\/p>\n<p>The other is listed as second-degree intentional murder without premeditation.<\/p>\n<p>All charges described in the jail roster are allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The public roster does not provide a detailed account of the alleged events.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Replace MUGSHOT_URL_HERE with the actual booking photo URL --><\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 30px auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KOLLIE-JAMES-DIAWO.jpg\" alt=\"James Diawo Kollie booking photo\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\">James Diawo Kollie booking photo. Source: Clay County Jail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The roster does not explain why charges are listed under two separate agencies.<\/p>\n<p>No individual police officers are named in this report.<\/p>\n<h2>Minnesota Murder Laws<\/h2>\n<p>Minnesota law defines first-degree premeditated murder as an intentional killing involving premeditation.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first-degree murder statute<\/a> for the full legal language.<\/p>\n<p>Second-degree intentional murder involves an intentional killing without premeditation under Minnesota law.<\/p>\n<p>The complete law is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These legal definitions do not establish what happened in Kollie&#8217;s case.<\/p>\n<h2>Official Records and Court Updates<\/h2>\n<p>Clay County publishes current booking and custody information through its public jail roster.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can check the <a href=\"https:\/\/claycountymn.gov\/1454\/Inmate-Roster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clay County inmate roster<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p>The county warns that jail information can change and may not always be complete.<\/p>\n<p>Clay County also states that an arrest does not establish guilt or a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>The roster does not provide a final outcome for Kollie&#8217;s pending charges.<\/p>\n<p>Future court filings may provide additional details about the allegations and case status.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can search public case information through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/Access-Case-Records.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch court records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moorheadmn.gov\/emergency-services\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moorhead Police Department<\/a> also maintains an official public website.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News will update this report when verified public records provide significant new information.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Diawo Kollie, 28, was booked into the Clay County Jail on Aug. 14 on murder and peace officer assault charges, jail records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44017,"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":[22046,1145,23047,955,1835,18953,762,5267],"class_list":["post-44016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-clay-county-inmate","tag-clay-county-jail","tag-james-kollie","tag-minnesota-crime-news","tag-moorhead-mn","tag-moorhead-murder-charges","tag-moorhead-police","tag-peace-officer-assault","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44016","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=44016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44018,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44016\/revisions\/44018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}