{"id":51897,"date":"2026-09-19T18:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T23:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=51897"},"modified":"2026-09-14T08:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:11:52","slug":"walker-conrad-smith-arrested-on-court-contempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/walker-conrad-smith-arrested-on-court-contempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker: Conrad Smith Arrested on Court Contempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Walker: Conrad Smith Arrested on Court Contempt<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Walker (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Conrad Samuel Smith, 33, of Walker, was arrested September 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists the arrest time as 9:34 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Smith is listed with a direct contempt-of-court allegation.<\/p>\n<p>The booking cites Minnesota Statute 588.01, subdivision 2(1).<\/p>\n<p>The record describes alleged disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior.<\/p>\n<p>The booking identifies the matter as an adult arrest.<\/p>\n<h2>Direct Contempt Listed<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/588.01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 588.01<\/a> defines direct and constructive contempt.<\/p>\n<p>Direct contempt occurs in the immediate view and presence of a court.<\/p>\n<p>The cited clause involves certain behavior toward a judge while court is being held.<\/p>\n<p>The conduct must tend to interrupt a trial or another judicial proceeding.<\/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\/Smith-Conrad-Samuel1.png\" alt=\"Conrad Samuel Smith booking photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Conrad Samuel Smith<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The statute includes disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior in that definition.<\/p>\n<p>The booking description also states that the matter may be summarily punished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/588.03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 588.03<\/a> addresses summary punishment for direct contempt.<\/p>\n<p>That law allows a court to issue an order describing the conduct witnessed directly.<\/p>\n<p>The order may also state the punishment imposed by the court.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Provides Few Details<\/h2>\n<p>The supplied record does not describe Smith&#8217;s alleged conduct in detail.<\/p>\n<p>It does not identify the specific court proceeding involved.<\/p>\n<p>The record also does not identify the judge or courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>No police officer names are included in this report.<\/p>\n<p>The available booking information identifies Smith as a Walker, Minnesota, resident.<\/p>\n<p>The record does not provide a release date or additional court information.<\/p>\n<h2>Further Records May Follow<\/h2>\n<p>A booking entry provides limited information about the circumstances surrounding an arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information may become available through court orders or other public 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>Conrad Samuel Smith, 33, of Walker, was arrested Sept. 13 on a direct contempt-of-court allegation involving courtroom behavior, records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51898,"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":[21746,25074,16575,25075,1025,23633,21747,12002],"class_list":["post-51897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-conrad-samuel-smith","tag-conrad-smith","tag-contempt-of-court","tag-direct-contempt","tag-minnesota-court-records","tag-minnesota-statute-588-01","tag-walker-arrest","tag-walker-minnesota","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51897","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=51897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51900,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51897\/revisions\/51900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}