{"id":45097,"date":"2026-08-23T10:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T15:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=45097"},"modified":"2026-08-22T08:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:31:21","slug":"akeley-matthew-resch-booked-on-two-drug-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/akeley-matthew-resch-booked-on-two-drug-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Akeley: Matthew Resch Booked on Two Drug Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Akeley: Matthew Resch Booked on Two Drug Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Akeley<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Matthew Eugene Resch was booked into the Cass County Jail on August 21, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Resch is listed as 45 years old and from Akeley, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The Cass County booking report lists his booking time as 9:37 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Two alleged controlled substance offenses appear in the public jail record.<\/p>\n<p>One involves third-degree drug possession.<\/p>\n<p>The second involves an alleged second-degree controlled substance sale.<\/p>\n<h2>Third-Degree Drug Possession Charge<\/h2>\n<p>The first charge cites Minnesota Statute 152.023, subdivision 2(a)(1).<\/p>\n<p>The provision covers certain third-degree controlled substance possession offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Current Minnesota law applies when at least 10 grams of certain narcotics are allegedly possessed.<\/p>\n<p>The provision excludes heroin and fentanyl from that specific weight category.<\/p>\n<p>The booking report does not identify the alleged drug involved.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Resch-Matthew-Eugene.png\" alt=\"Matthew Eugene Resch Cass County Jail booking photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><em>Matthew Eugene Resch booking photo \u2014 Cass County Jail<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The record also does not provide the exact weight allegedly recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/152.023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 152.023<\/a> through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes.<\/p>\n<h2>Second-Degree Drug Sale Charge<\/h2>\n<p>Resch also faces an alleged violation of Minnesota Statute 152.022, subdivision 1(1).<\/p>\n<p>That provision addresses the sale of certain narcotic mixtures totaling at least 10 grams.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged sales may occur on one or more occasions within a 90-day period.<\/p>\n<p>Current law excludes heroin and fentanyl from this specific provision.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record does not explain when or where any alleged sale occurred.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not identify the alleged substance or provide other incident details.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/152.022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 152.022<\/a> for the complete law.<\/p>\n<h2>Cass County Jail Booking<\/h2>\n<p>The Cass County report lists Resch as currently housed at the Cass County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>The report states he is not being housed at the Itasca County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>No release date appears in the information provided.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casscountymn.gov\/1321\/Detention-Center-Jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cass County Detention Center website<\/a> for official jail information.<\/p>\n<h2>Charges Remain Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking does not establish guilt or prove that a crime occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against Resch remain allegations unless admitted or proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>Future court filings may provide more information about the alleged offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can search available cases through <a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/access-case-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Court and custody information can change as the case moves forward.<\/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>Matthew Eugene Resch, 45, of Akeley was booked into the Cass County Jail on two alleged drug charges involving possession and narcotics sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45098,"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":[23582,17601,764,23580,23581,6777,9944,13727],"class_list":["post-45097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-akeley-arrest","tag-akeley-minnesota","tag-cass-county-jail","tag-matthew-eugene-resch","tag-matthew-resch","tag-minnesota-drug-charges","tag-second-degree-drug-sale","tag-third-degree-drug-possession","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45097","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=45097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45099,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45097\/revisions\/45099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}