{"id":45671,"date":"2026-08-31T09:47:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=45671"},"modified":"2026-08-27T06:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:16:21","slug":"thief-river-falls-leah-jacobs-faces-two-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-leah-jacobs-faces-two-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls: Leah Jacobs Faces Two Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls: Leah Jacobs Faces Two Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Thief River Falls<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Leah Jacobs was booked into the Pennington County Jail on August 26, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Jail records list two criminal charges against Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p>One charge involves theft. The second involves obstructing the lawful execution of legal process.<\/p>\n<h2>Theft Charge Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The first case is listed under case number 26001145.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record cites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.52\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 609.52<\/a>, subdivision 2(a)(1).<\/p>\n<p>The statute covers taking, using, transferring, concealing, or keeping another person&#8217;s movable property without consent.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record classifies the theft charge as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>The custody information does not identify the property involved.<\/p>\n<h2>Obstruction Charge Also Filed<\/h2>\n<p>A second case is listed under case number 26009337.<\/p>\n<p>That charge cites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 609.50<\/a>, subdivision 1(1).<\/p>\n<p>The law covers intentionally obstructing or preventing the lawful execution of legal process.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record lists that charge as a felony.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/JacobsLeah2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/JacobsLeah2.jpg\" alt=\"Leah Jacobs booking image\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>Leah Jacobs booking image. Source: Pennington County Jail.<\/em><\/div>\n<p>No details about the alleged obstruction were included in the custody record.<\/p>\n<p>The record also does not state when the alleged incidents happened.<\/p>\n<h2>Jacobs Listed on Hold<\/h2>\n<p>Jacobs was listed on a hold at the Pennington County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record showed a bail or fine amount of $0.00.<\/p>\n<p>That figure reflects the custody listing provided.<\/p>\n<p>No court date was displayed in the jail information.<\/p>\n<p>Both cases were listed for District Court.<\/p>\n<p>Information about the jail is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penningtonsheriff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennington County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can also review Minnesota criminal laws through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Further court filings could provide more information about the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The charges listed against Jacobs are allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs 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>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leah Jacobs was booked into the Pennington County Jail on theft and obstruction charges, according to a custody record dated August 26, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45672,"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":[19096,955,15042,12696,14664,4216,778,786],"class_list":["post-45671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-leah-jacobs","tag-minnesota-crime-news","tag-obstruction-charge","tag-pennington-county-jail","tag-pennington-county-news","tag-theft-charge","tag-thief-river-falls","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45671","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=45671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45673,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45671\/revisions\/45673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}