{"id":51852,"date":"2026-09-19T09:24:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=51852"},"modified":"2026-09-14T07:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:32:03","slug":"bena-randall-belcourt-jr-faces-felony-danco-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/bena-randall-belcourt-jr-faces-felony-danco-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Bena: Randall Belcourt Jr. Faces Felony DANCO Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bena: Randall Belcourt Jr. Faces Felony DANCO Charge<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Bena (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Randall Lee Belcourt Jr., 33, of Bena, was arrested September 12, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists the arrest time as 5:54 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Belcourt is listed with one felony-level domestic abuse no-contact-order violation.<\/p>\n<p>The charge is filed under Minnesota Statute 629.75, subdivision 2(d)(1).<\/p>\n<p>The booking describes the matter as an adult arrest.<\/p>\n<h2>Felony No-Contact-Order Charge<\/h2>\n<p>The allegation involves a domestic abuse no contact order, commonly called a DANCO.<\/p>\n<p>A DANCO is a court order issued in certain criminal or juvenile proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The order restricts contact between the defendant and a protected person.<\/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> through the Minnesota Revisor.<\/p>\n<p>State law makes a basic knowing DANCO violation a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Penalties increase when qualifying prior domestic violence-related convictions exist.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px auto;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: inline-block;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Belcourt-Randall-Lee-JR1.png\" alt=\"Randall Lee Belcourt Jr. booking photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Randall Lee Belcourt Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The provision cited in Belcourt&#8217;s booking is a felony-level section.<\/p>\n<p>It applies within ten years of the first of two or more qualifying prior convictions.<\/p>\n<p>A conviction under that section can bring up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The maximum fine can reach $10,000.<\/p>\n<h2>Details Limited in Booking Record<\/h2>\n<p>The supplied booking information does not describe how Belcourt allegedly violated the order.<\/p>\n<p>It does not identify the protected person named in the order.<\/p>\n<p>The record also does not describe the two or more prior qualifying convictions.<\/p>\n<p>No information was provided about alleged physical contact, threats, or other conduct.<\/p>\n<p>No police officer names are included in this report.<\/p>\n<p>The information only identifies Belcourt as a 33-year-old man from Bena, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<h2>Charge Remains an Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>An arrest does not establish guilt in a criminal case.<\/p>\n<p>The felony charge against Randall Lee Belcourt Jr. remains an allegation during court proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Belcourt is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details may become available through later court filings or updated custody records.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can search Minnesota court information through the <a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Randall Lee Belcourt Jr., 33, of Bena, was arrested Sept. 12 on a felony charge alleging a repeat domestic abuse no-contact-order violation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51853,"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":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16518],"tags":[22027,5269,24757,17935,13822,6538,25054,25053],"class_list":["post-51852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-bena-minnesota","tag-danco-violation","tag-felony-danco","tag-minnesota-arrests","tag-minnesota-statute-629-75","tag-no-contact-order-violation","tag-randall-belcourt","tag-randall-lee-belcourt-jr","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51852","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=51852"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51855,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51852\/revisions\/51855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}