{"id":53014,"date":"2026-09-25T04:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=53014"},"modified":"2026-09-18T05:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:47:16","slug":"moorhead-sara-gerraughty-faces-drug-theft-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/moorhead-sara-gerraughty-faces-drug-theft-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorhead: Sara Gerraughty Faces Drug, Theft Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Moorhead: Sara Gerraughty Faces Drug, Theft Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Moorhead (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Sara Lynn Gerraughty, 53, was booked into custody on September 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Clay County jail records list her booking time as 7:26 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Moorhead Police Department is listed as the arresting agency.<\/p>\n<p>No individual officer names are included in this report.<\/p>\n<p>The roster lists two fifth-degree controlled substance possession entries.<\/p>\n<p>It also lists a theft charge involving property valued between $1 and $500.<\/p>\n<h2>Drug Possession Entries Listed<\/h2>\n<p>Both drug entries use the same fifth-degree controlled substance description.<\/p>\n<p>The listed offense involves possession of certain Schedule I, II, III, or IV controlled substances.<\/p>\n<p>The provision can also involve controlled substance residue found in drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n<p>Cannabis and several legal hemp products are excluded from this specific possession provision.<\/p>\n<p>The jail roster does not identify the specific controlled substance allegedly involved.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not state how much of any substance was allegedly found.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 30px auto;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GERRAUGHTY-SARA-LYNN2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 500px; width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GERRAUGHTY-SARA-LYNN2.jpg\" alt=\"Sara Lynn Gerraughty booking photo\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Sara Lynn Gerraughty \u2014 Clay County booking photo<\/figure>\n<p>The same charge description appears twice in Gerraughty&#8217;s booking record.<\/p>\n<p>The available jail entry does not explain whether those are separate alleged counts.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/152.025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 152.025<\/a> for the full fifth-degree drug law.<\/p>\n<h2>Theft Charge Also Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The booking record also lists theft of property valued between $1 and $500.<\/p>\n<p>The roster does not provide a statute number for that charge.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not identify the property allegedly involved.<\/p>\n<p>No location or other details about the alleged theft appear in the booking information.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota&#8217;s general theft law is available under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.52\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 609.52<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The exact penalty can depend on the facts and any applicable enhancement.<\/p>\n<h2>Gerraughty Booked in Clay County<\/h2>\n<p>The Clay County Correctional Facility is located at 800 9th Street North in Moorhead.<\/p>\n<p>The facility houses minimum, medium, and maximum security inmates.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.claycountymn.gov\/223\/Correctional-Facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clay County Correctional Facility website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied booking record does not list a release date or final court disposition.<\/p>\n<p>Public court information may appear through <a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us\/CaseSearch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jail and court information can change as proceedings continue.<\/p>\n<p>A booking or criminal charge does not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<p>The final outcome will be determined through the court process.<\/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>Sara Lynn Gerraughty, 53, was booked in Moorhead on Sept. 16 on two listed drug possession entries and a theft charge involving $1 to $500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53015,"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":[1145,5288,18699,18959,1242,25352,24890,4216],"class_list":["post-53014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-clay-county-jail","tag-fifth-degree-drug-possession","tag-minnesota-drug-arrest","tag-moorhead-arrest","tag-moorhead-minnesota","tag-sara-gerraughty","tag-sara-lynn-gerraughty","tag-theft-charge","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53014","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=53014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53016,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53014\/revisions\/53016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}