{"id":45499,"date":"2026-08-29T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=45499"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T18:47:02","slug":"crookston-hector-castilleja-booked-on-gun-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/crookston-hector-castilleja-booked-on-gun-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Crookston: Hector Castilleja Booked on Gun Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Crookston (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Hector Armando Castilleja was recently booked into custody in Polk County.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record lists Castilleja&#8217;s booking date as August 24, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>His date of birth is listed as August 17, 1989.<\/p>\n<p>The controlling charge involves alleged possession of a pistol or assault-style weapon.<\/p>\n<p>The record classifies the listed offense as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>The charge remains an allegation and does not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<h2>Firearm Possession Charge Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The booking record cites Minnesota Statute 624.713, subdivision 1, clause 10(v).<\/p>\n<p>That section identifies categories of people who are prohibited from possessing certain firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Clause 10(v) addresses a person who is allegedly unlawfully in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The statute lists firearm possession under that provision as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/624.713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 624.713<\/a> through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 450px; width: 174px; height: 232px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CASTILLEJA-HECTOR-ARMANDO.jpg\" alt=\"Hector Armando Castilleja mugshot\" \/><em>Hector Armando Castilleja<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The supplied record does not describe the firearm allegedly involved.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not explain where or how the alleged possession occurred.<\/p>\n<p>No information about ammunition appears in the supplied booking entry.<\/p>\n<p>The record does not describe the circumstances surrounding Castilleja&#8217;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>This report does not add details that are not supported by the available information.<\/p>\n<h2>Booked at Crookston Facility<\/h2>\n<p>The Northwest Regional Corrections Center is located at 816 Marin Avenue in Crookston.<\/p>\n<p>Tri-County Community Corrections operates the facility.<\/p>\n<p>The center provides detention services for Polk County and other participating counties.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitycorrections-tccc.org\/nwrcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tri-County Community Corrections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A jail roster reflects custody and charge information available when the record is prepared.<\/p>\n<p>It does not represent a court finding of guilt.<\/p>\n<h2>Charge Remains an Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>Castilleja is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through the court process.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied record does not provide a court date or release information.<\/p>\n<p>Charges can be amended, dismissed, or resolved during later court proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Future court filings may provide more details about the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Public court information is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The court record should be checked for the latest status of the case.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News will report significant developments when additional public information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hector Armando Castilleja was booked in Crookston on Aug. 24 on a gross misdemeanor firearm possession charge under Minnesota law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45501,"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":[5243,3073,6823,23761,23762,19507,13812,23753,16683],"class_list":["post-45499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-crookston-jail","tag-crookston-mn","tag-firearm-possession-charge","tag-hector-armando-castilleja","tag-hector-castilleja","tag-minnesota-gun-charge","tag-nwrcc","tag-polk-county-inmate","tag-polk-county-jail","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45499","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=45499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45502,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45499\/revisions\/45502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}