{"id":45966,"date":"2026-09-02T06:18:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=45966"},"modified":"2026-08-29T13:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T18:08:38","slug":"ponemah-man-listed-tier-3-after-2015-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/ponemah-man-listed-tier-3-after-2015-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Ponemah Man Listed Tier 3 After 2015 Conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ponemah Man Listed Tier 3 After 2015 Conviction<\/h2>\n<p><strong>PONEMAH (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 James Patrick Needham is listed as a Tier 3 offender in registration information provided to TRF News.<\/p>\n<p>Needham, 65, is listed as a resident of Ponemah, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied record shows a federal conviction dated January 9, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>It lists June 5, 2026, as the most recent verification date.<\/p>\n<h2>2015 Federal Conviction Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The supplied record cites 18 U.S.C. Section 2252.<\/p>\n<p>The offense title broadly references receipt, possession, production or distribution of prohibited material involving minors.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied information does not identify which specific subsection applied to Needham&#8217;s conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Section 2252 covers several activities involving sexually explicit visual depictions of minors.<\/p>\n<p>Those provisions include certain transportation, receipt, distribution, sale and possession offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the federal law through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/18\/2252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cornell Law School&#8217;s Legal Information Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News is reporting the conviction information as it appears in the supplied registration record.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 30px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NEEDHAM-JAMES-PATRICK.jpg\" alt=\"James Patrick Needham mugshot\" \/><small>James Patrick Needham<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The information does not describe the facts behind Needham&#8217;s conviction.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not include sentencing details or related federal court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Readers seeking those details should rely on official federal court records.<\/p>\n<h2>Tier 3 Registration<\/h2>\n<p>The supplied registration information classifies Needham as a Tier 3 offender.<\/p>\n<p>Registration requirements can depend on the conviction and laws governing an individual case.<\/p>\n<p>Verification duties can also vary depending on a person&#8217;s registration status.<\/p>\n<p>Public safety resources are available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redlakenation.org\/public-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Lake Nation Public Safety Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The latest verification date shown in the supplied record is June 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>No later verification date was included in the information provided to TRF News.<\/p>\n<h2>Physical Description<\/h2>\n<p>The supplied record lists Needham as 5 feet, 10 inches tall.<\/p>\n<p>His listed weight is 230 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>His hair is listed as brown. His eyes are also listed as brown.<\/p>\n<p>The record gives his date of birth as March 16, 1961.<\/p>\n<p>No aliases were included in the information supplied for this report.<\/p>\n<p>The registration record lists a residential location in Ponemah.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News is not publishing the full street address in this article.<\/p>\n<h2>Current Registration Information<\/h2>\n<p>Registry information can change after verification, court action, or other official updates.<\/p>\n<p>This report reflects the registration information supplied to TRF News.<\/p>\n<p>Readers should rely on current official records when checking registration status.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ponemah man James Patrick Needham is listed as a Tier 3 offender after a 2015 federal conviction involving child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45967,"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":[13],"tags":[4494,22784,24025,23947,16938,23998,23997,4197,22761,786],"class_list":["post-45966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sex-offenders","tag-child-sexual-abuse-material","tag-federal-conviction","tag-james-patrick-needham","tag-minnesota-offender-registry","tag-ponemah-mn","tag-ponemah-news","tag-ponemah-offender-registry","tag-red-lake-nation","tag-tier-3-offender","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45966","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=45966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45968,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45966\/revisions\/45968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}