{"id":44283,"date":"2026-08-16T17:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=44283"},"modified":"2026-08-16T07:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T12:35:22","slug":"bemidji-frank-bigbear-held-on-felony-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/bemidji-frank-bigbear-held-on-felony-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji: Frank Bigbear Held on Felony Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bemidji<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Frank Bigbear was listed in custody at the Beltrami County Jail on Friday, August 14, 2026.<\/p>\n

The jail record lists Bigbear on a hold with no bail or fine amount shown.<\/p>\n

The record lists one felony charge involving an alleged violation of a no-contact order.<\/p>\n

Felony Charge Listed<\/h2>\n

The case is listed under case number 2026015192.<\/p>\n

The charge references Minnesota Statute 629.75, subdivision 2(d)(1).<\/p>\n

The booking record describes the allegation as violating a no-contact order.<\/p>\n

It also states the alleged violation occurred within a required ten-year period.<\/p>\n

The record refers to two or more prior qualifying convictions.<\/p>\n

Under Minnesota Statute 629.75<\/a>, certain repeated no-contact order violations can carry felony penalties.<\/p>\n

A charge is an allegation and does not mean a person has been convicted.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"FrankFrank Bigbear<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bigbear Remains Listed on Hold<\/h2>\n

Bigbear’s booking information lists his height as five feet, seven inches.<\/p>\n

His listed weight is 195 pounds.<\/p>\n

The record lists black hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n

No court date was shown in the information provided.<\/p>\n

The court branch field was listed as \u201cState-DOC.\u201d<\/p>\n

The record also showed a bail or fine amount of $0.00.<\/p>\n

Readers can check current custody information through the Beltrami County inmate search<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Custody records can change as cases move through the court system.<\/p>\n

Charges may also be changed, dismissed, or resolved later.<\/p>\n

Case Remains Pending<\/h2>\n

No final court outcome was included in the booking information provided to TRF News.<\/p>\n

The public should not treat an arrest or jail booking as proof of guilt.<\/p>\n

TRF News will report additional court information if it becomes available.<\/p>\n

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

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

Frank Bigbear was listed in custody at the Beltrami County Jail on Aug. 14, 2026, on a felony no-contact order violation charge in Bemidji.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44284,"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":[1212,5260,14766,1194,17697,955,8869],"class_list":["post-44283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-beltrami-county","tag-beltrami-county-jail","tag-bemidji-news","tag-felony-charge","tag-frank-bigbear","tag-minnesota-crime-news","tag-no-contact-order","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44283","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=44283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44285,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44283\/revisions\/44285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}