{"id":51877,"date":"2026-09-19T14:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T19:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=51877"},"modified":"2026-09-14T07:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:58:51","slug":"cass-lake-benjamin-meat-faces-domestic-assault-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/cass-lake-benjamin-meat-faces-domestic-assault-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Cass Lake: Benjamin Meat Faces Domestic Assault Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cass Lake: Benjamin Meat Faces Domestic Assault Charge<\/h2>\n

Cass Lake (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Benjamin Edward Meat, 41, of Cass Lake, was arrested September 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

The booking record lists the arrest time as 3:48 p.m.<\/p>\n

Meat faces one misdemeanor domestic assault charge.<\/p>\n

The charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 609.2242, subdivision 1(2).<\/p>\n

The allegation involves intentionally inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily harm on another person.<\/p>\n

The booking information identifies the matter as an adult arrest.<\/p>\n

Domestic Assault Charge<\/h2>\n

Minnesota Statute 609.2242<\/a> defines domestic assault under state law.<\/p>\n

Subdivision 1 applies when the alleged victim is a family or household member.<\/p>\n

Clause two covers intentionally inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily harm.<\/p>\n

A violation of subdivision 1 is classified as a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

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\"Benjamin<\/p>\n

Benjamin Edward Meat<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The statute also includes higher penalties for some repeat domestic violence-related offenses.<\/p>\n

The supplied booking record does not list any enhanced charge against Meat.<\/p>\n

It only identifies the misdemeanor offense under subdivision 1(2).<\/p>\n

Details of Alleged Incident Limited<\/h2>\n

The booking information does not describe what allegedly happened before the arrest.<\/p>\n

It does not identify the alleged victim.<\/p>\n

The record also does not describe any reported injuries.<\/p>\n

No location for the alleged incident was included in the supplied information.<\/p>\n

No weapon or other object is mentioned in the booking record.<\/p>\n

No police officer names are included in this report.<\/p>\n

The available information identifies Meat as a resident of Cass Lake, Minnesota.<\/p>\n

The record does not provide a court date or release information.<\/p>\n

Case Remains Pending<\/h2>\n

An arrest does not establish guilt in a criminal case.<\/p>\n

The domestic assault charge against Benjamin Edward Meat remains an allegation.<\/p>\n

Meat is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

Additional facts may become available through later court filings or updated custody records.<\/p>\n

Readers can find Minnesota court information through the Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m Adrian Cole reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benjamin Edward Meat, 41, of Cass Lake, was arrested Sept. 12 on a misdemeanor domestic assault charge alleging bodily harm, records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51878,"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":[20670,25064,16258,6389,2158,1025,5696,18344],"class_list":["post-51877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-benjamin-edward-meat","tag-benjamin-meat","tag-cass-lake-arrest","tag-cass-lake-minnesota","tag-domestic-assault","tag-minnesota-court-records","tag-minnesota-statute-609-2242","tag-misdemeanor-domestic-assault","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51877","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=51877"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51880,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51877\/revisions\/51880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}