{"id":46254,"date":"2026-09-03T12:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=46254"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:38:00","slug":"bemidji-garrett-smith-held-on-domestic-assault-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/bemidji-garrett-smith-held-on-domestic-assault-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji: Garrett Smith Held on Domestic Assault Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bemidji: Garrett Smith Held on Domestic Assault Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Bemidji (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Garrett Smith was booked into the Beltrami County Jail on August 27, 2026. Jail records list three domestic assault charges across two court cases.<\/p>\n<p>One charge is classified as a gross misdemeanor. Two additional domestic assault charges are listed as felonies.<\/p>\n<h2>Three Domestic Assault Charges Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The gross misdemeanor charge appears under case number 23009697. The jail record describes it as a subsequent domestic assault violation.<\/p>\n<p>That charge cites Minnesota Statute 609.2242, subdivision 2. The statute applies to certain repeat domestic assault cases.<\/p>\n<p>Subdivision 2 generally applies when another qualifying domestic violence-related offense occurred within the previous ten years. A conviction under this subdivision is a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.2242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.2242<\/a> through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SmithGarrett.png\" 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\/SmithGarrett.png\" alt=\"Garrett Smith Beltrami County Jail booking photo\" \/><\/a><em>Garrett Smith. Beltrami County Jail booking image.<\/em><\/div>\n<h2>Felony Charges Appear in Two Cases<\/h2>\n<p>A felony domestic assault charge also appears under case number 23009697. A second felony charge appears under case number 23002271.<\/p>\n<p>Both felony entries cite Minnesota Statute 609.2242, subdivision 4. That section covers certain repeat domestic assault offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The felony provision can apply after two or more qualifying domestic violence-related convictions or juvenile adjudications. The qualifying events must fall within the statutory period.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record does not explain the facts behind the current allegations. It also does not identify any alleged victim.<\/p>\n<p>No information was provided about injuries, the location of an alleged incident, or events leading to Smith&#8217;s custody.<\/p>\n<h2>Smith Held at Beltrami County Jail<\/h2>\n<p>Smith was listed at the Beltrami County Jail in Bemidji. His listed bail or fine amount was $0.00.<\/p>\n<p>The record lists District Court as the court branch. No court date appears in the information provided.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can check the <a href=\"https:\/\/inmates.co.beltrami.mn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beltrami County Inmate Search<\/a> for updated custody information.<\/p>\n<p>Jail status and court information can change after a booking. Future court filings may provide more details about the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>A booking or criminal charge does not establish guilt. Smith 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><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garrett Smith was booked into the Beltrami County Jail in Bemidji on gross misdemeanor and felony domestic assault charges, jail records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46255,"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":[1212,5260,1213,3280,2158,1112,24094,24095,11030,786],"class_list":["post-46254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-beltrami-county","tag-beltrami-county-jail","tag-bemidji-minnesota","tag-district-court","tag-domestic-assault","tag-felony-domestic-assault","tag-garrett-smith","tag-gross-misdemeanor-domestic-assault","tag-minnesota-arrest","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46254","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=46254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46256,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46254\/revisions\/46256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}