{"id":47012,"date":"2026-09-09T09:24:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=47012"},"modified":"2026-09-06T06:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:00:03","slug":"crookston-adam-wicks-booked-on-felony-drug-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/crookston-adam-wicks-booked-on-felony-drug-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Crookston: Adam Wicks Booked on Felony Drug Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Crookston: Adam Wicks Booked on Felony Drug Charge<\/h2>\n<p><strong>CROOKSTON, Minn. <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Adam Jeffery Wicks was booked into custody on Sept. 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Wicks, 43, is listed at the Northwest Regional Corrections Center in Crookston.<\/p>\n<p>The booking lists a felony third-degree controlled substance possession charge.<\/p>\n<p>The charge is cited under Minnesota Statute 152.023, subdivision 2(a)(4).<\/p>\n<h2>Third-Degree Drug Charge Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The booking description references possession of certain controlled substances in a protected zone.<\/p>\n<p>It includes Schedule I or II narcotic drugs, LSD, MDA, or MDMA.<\/p>\n<p>The cited law also sets minimum dosage amounts for some listed hallucinogens.<\/p>\n<p>The protected locations can include a school zone, park zone, or public housing zone.<\/p>\n<p>The statute also includes a drug treatment facility.<\/p>\n<p>The booking information does not identify the exact substance allegedly possessed.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not identify the protected location involved in the allegation.<\/p>\n<p>No police officer names are included in this report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/152.023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 152.023<\/a> covers controlled substance crimes in the third degree.<\/p>\n<p>Subdivision 2(a)(4) addresses possession of specified drugs in certain protected locations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px; width: 227px; height: 303px; display: inline-block;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WICKS-ADAM-JEFFERY.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Jeffery Wicks booking photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Adam Jeffery Wicks | Northwest Regional Corrections Center booking photo<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The statute applies to any amount of a Schedule I or II narcotic drug.<\/p>\n<p>It also covers five or more dosage units of LSD, MDA, or MDMA.<\/p>\n<p>These details describe the law, not proven facts about Wicks.<\/p>\n<h2>Possible Penalties Under State Law<\/h2>\n<p>A third-degree controlled substance conviction can carry serious penalties in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The statute allows up to 20 years in prison after a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>It also allows a fine of up to $250,000.<\/p>\n<p>A court may impose imprisonment, a fine, or both.<\/p>\n<p>Those are maximum statutory penalties.<\/p>\n<p>They do not represent a sentence against Wicks.<\/p>\n<p>Any outcome would depend on the court process and facts established in the case.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Recorded in Crookston<\/h2>\n<p>Wicks was booked on Sept. 3, according to the current jail listing.<\/p>\n<p>The Northwest Regional Corrections Center is located at 816 Marin Avenue in Crookston.<\/p>\n<p>The facility is operated by Tri-County Community Corrections.<\/p>\n<p>It serves Polk, Norman, and Red Lake counties.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitycorrections-tccc.org\/nwrcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northwest Regional Corrections Center website<\/a> for facility information.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cellhive.co\/roster\/polk\/inmate\/RGO3bvEq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">current public booking page<\/a> also lists Wicks in custody.<\/p>\n<h2>Charge Remains an Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking does not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<p>The felony charge against Wicks remains an allegation unless proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>The available booking record does not describe the underlying incident.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not provide a final court result.<\/p>\n<p>Additional court filings may provide more details about the allegation.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News will report further verified information when it becomes publicly available.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Jeffery Wicks was booked in Crookston on Sept. 3 on a felony third-degree drug possession charge involving a protected zone in Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47013,"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":[24506,24507,3073,5234,18699,10284,954,13812,16683,13727,786],"class_list":["post-47012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-adam-jeffery-wicks","tag-adam-wicks","tag-crookston-mn","tag-felony-drug-charge","tag-minnesota-drug-arrest","tag-minnesota-statute-152-023","tag-northwest-regional-corrections-center","tag-nwrcc","tag-polk-county-jail","tag-third-degree-drug-possession","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47012","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=47012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47015,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47012\/revisions\/47015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}