{"id":51012,"date":"2026-09-13T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=51012"},"modified":"2026-09-10T05:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:03:44","slug":"moorhead-larry-johnson-faces-felony-danco-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/moorhead-larry-johnson-faces-felony-danco-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorhead: Larry Johnson Faces Felony DANCO Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Moorhead: Larry Johnson Faces Felony DANCO Charge<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Moorhead, Clay County (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Larry Donell Johnson was booked on September 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, 64, is listed in the Clay County inmate roster.<\/p>\n<p>The booking lists one domestic abuse no contact order violation.<\/p>\n<p>The charge alleges a violation within ten years of two or more qualifying convictions.<\/p>\n<p>The Moorhead Police Department is listed as the arresting agency.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s booking time was listed as 9:56 p.m.<\/p>\n<h2>Felony DANCO Violation Listed<\/h2>\n<p>A domestic abuse no contact order is commonly called a DANCO in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The order can restrict contact between a defendant and another person during certain criminal cases.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Statute 629.75 sets criminal penalties for knowingly violating such an order.<\/p>\n<p>The law makes a basic knowing violation a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Penalties increase when qualifying prior domestic violence-related convictions are present.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/JOHNSON-LARRY-DONELL.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/JOHNSON-LARRY-DONELL.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Donell Johnson booking photo\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>Larry Donell Johnson \u2014 Clay County booking photo<\/em><\/div>\n<p>The listed charge alleges two or more qualifying convictions within ten years.<\/p>\n<p>Under Minnesota law, that type of DANCO violation is a felony.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/629.75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 629.75<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<h2>State Law Sets Possible Penalties<\/h2>\n<p>The felony provision allows up to five years in prison after a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>The law also allows a fine of up to $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>A court may impose imprisonment, a fine, or both.<\/p>\n<p>Those are maximum penalties allowed by the statute.<\/p>\n<p>They do not represent a sentence for Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>The jail roster does not describe how the alleged no-contact violation occurred.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not identify the person protected by the order.<\/p>\n<p>No detailed account of the alleged incident was included in the booking information.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Remains an Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking does not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Charges can change as prosecutors review evidence and court proceedings continue.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record does not provide a final court outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can check the <a href=\"https:\/\/files.claycountymn.gov\/InmateRoster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clay County inmate roster<\/a> for custody information.<\/p>\n<p>Public court records may also be available through <a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/access-case-records\/mcro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News will report additional verified information when it becomes publicly available.<\/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>Larry Donell Johnson, 64, was booked Sept. 5 in Moorhead on a felony DANCO violation alleging two or more prior qualifying convictions within 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51013,"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":[1145,8617,5269,14117,24757,24755,24756,11030,1242,762,6538,786],"class_list":["post-51012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-clay-county-jail","tag-clay-county-minnesota","tag-danco-violation","tag-domestic-abuse-no-contact-order","tag-felony-danco","tag-larry-donell-johnson","tag-larry-johnson","tag-minnesota-arrest","tag-moorhead-minnesota","tag-moorhead-police","tag-no-contact-order-violation","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51012","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=51012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51014,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51012\/revisions\/51014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}