{"id":46334,"date":"2026-09-04T07:09:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=46334"},"modified":"2026-08-31T13:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:39:07","slug":"moorhead-cindy-bellanger-faces-assault-drug-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/moorhead-cindy-bellanger-faces-assault-drug-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorhead: Cindy Bellanger Faces Assault, Drug Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Moorhead: Cindy Bellanger Faces Assault, Drug Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Moorhead (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Cindy Lee Bellanger, 45, was booked into the Clay County Correctional Facility on August 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The jail roster lists three charges involving controlled substances and an alleged assault.<\/p>\n<p>Two drug charges are connected with the Mahnomen County arresting agency.<\/p>\n<p>A second-degree assault charge is listed under the Moorhead Police Department.<\/p>\n<h2>Second-Degree Assault Charge Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The most serious assault allegation involves second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.<\/p>\n<p>The booking description also references substantial bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Statute 609.222 covers second-degree assault involving dangerous weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Subdivision 2 applies when substantial bodily harm is allegedly inflicted with a dangerous weapon.<\/p>\n<p>The offense is a felony under Minnesota law.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.222<\/a> for the full law.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BELLANGER-CINDY-LEE.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\/BELLANGER-CINDY-LEE.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Lee Bellanger Clay County booking photo\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>Cindy Lee Bellanger. Clay County booking image.<\/em><\/div>\n<p>The jail roster does not identify the alleged weapon.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not describe the injuries or identify an alleged victim.<\/p>\n<h2>Two Controlled Substance Charges<\/h2>\n<p>Bellanger also faces a third-degree controlled substance possession charge involving an alleged narcotic drug.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota&#8217;s third-degree controlled substance law appears under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/152.023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statute 152.023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The statute contains several narcotic possession provisions based on drug type, amount, and location.<\/p>\n<p>The jail entry does not identify the substance or amount allegedly possessed.<\/p>\n<p>A second drug charge alleges fifth-degree controlled substance possession.<\/p>\n<p>The description references Schedule I, II, III, or IV substances or certain residue in drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n<p>The listed offense excludes cannabis and hemp products covered separately by state law.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/152.025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 152.025<\/a> for the fifth-degree law.<\/p>\n<h2>Bellanger Booked in Moorhead<\/h2>\n<p>The Clay County Correctional Facility is located at 800 9th Street North in Moorhead.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.claycountymn.gov\/223\/Correctional-Facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clay County Correctional Facility<\/a> website for official information.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied booking information does not include court dates, bail details, or case numbers.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not explain whether the three charges arise from one incident or separate cases.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details may become available through court filings.<\/p>\n<p>A jail booking and criminal charges do not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Bellanger is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through the court process.<\/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>Cindy Lee Bellanger, 45, was booked in Moorhead on felony second-degree assault and controlled substance charges, according to jail records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46335,"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":[24127,24126,1145,21623,5288,6777,18959,1242,3094,13727,786],"class_list":["post-46334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-cindy-bellanger","tag-cindy-lee-bellanger","tag-clay-county-jail","tag-dangerous-weapon-assault","tag-fifth-degree-drug-possession","tag-minnesota-drug-charges","tag-moorhead-arrest","tag-moorhead-minnesota","tag-second-degree-assault","tag-third-degree-drug-possession","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46334","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=46334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46336,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46334\/revisions\/46336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}