{"id":46214,"date":"2026-09-03T11:23:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=46214"},"modified":"2026-08-30T16:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T21:39:18","slug":"thief-river-falls-andrea-stradinger-held-for-contempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-andrea-stradinger-held-for-contempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls: Andrea Stradinger Held for Contempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls: Andrea Stradinger Held for Contempt<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Thief River Falls (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Andrea Stradinger is being held at the Pennington County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>Jail records list one misdemeanor contempt of court charge against Stradinger.<\/p>\n<p>The custody record shows an August 30, 2026, custody date. Stradinger&#8217;s status is listed as \u201cHold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bail or fine field shows $0.00 in the provided jail record.<\/p>\n<h2>Child Support Contempt Charge Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 588.20, subdivision 2(8).<\/p>\n<p>The statute addresses willful failure to pay court-ordered child support when the person can pay.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record classifies the listed charge as a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the law through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/588.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/StradingerAndrea.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<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\/StradingerAndrea.jpg\" alt=\"Andrea Stradinger Pennington County Jail custody image\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>Andrea Stradinger. Pennington County Jail custody image.<\/em><\/div>\n<p>The custody listing does not state how much child support was allegedly unpaid.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not provide dates for the alleged missed payments.<\/p>\n<p>The record does not explain the circumstances surrounding the contempt allegation.<\/p>\n<h2>District Court Case Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The jail record lists case number 14032852.<\/p>\n<p>District Court is listed as the court branch handling the matter.<\/p>\n<p>No court date appears in the custody information supplied for this report.<\/p>\n<p>Additional court records may provide more information as the case moves forward.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penningtonsheriff.org\/index.php\/services\/jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pennington County Sheriff&#8217;s Office jail page<\/a> provides information about the correctional facility.<\/p>\n<p>Custody status and court information can change after a jail record is posted.<\/p>\n<h2>Charge Remains an Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking does not mean a person has been convicted of a crime.<\/p>\n<p>The contempt charge against Stradinger remains an allegation unless proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied record does not list a conviction or sentence connected with this custody entry.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News will continue following publicly available records for any developments in the case.<\/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>Andrea Stradinger is held in Pennington County Jail on a misdemeanor contempt charge involving alleged failure to pay court-ordered child support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46215,"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":[24073,17546,16575,7337,24074,777,12696,778,786],"class_list":["post-46214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-andrea-stradinger","tag-child-support","tag-contempt-of-court","tag-minnesota-court-case","tag-misdemeanor-contempt","tag-pennington-county","tag-pennington-county-jail","tag-thief-river-falls","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46214","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=46214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46216,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46214\/revisions\/46216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}