{"id":57682,"date":"2026-10-09T05:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=57682"},"modified":"2026-10-07T08:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:44:30","slug":"thief-river-falls-man-charged-in-registry-violation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-man-charged-in-registry-violation-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Man Charged in Registry Violation Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls Man Charged in Registry Violation Case<\/h2>\n<p><strong>THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(trfnews.i234.me)<\/a> \u2014 Jon Michael Hruby, 29, faces a felony charge in Pennington County.<\/p>\n<p>Hruby is charged with failing to fulfill predatory offender registration requirements.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested after investigators located him at a camper in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n<p>The case began October 1, according to an amended criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<h2>Investigator Learns of Active Warrant<\/h2>\n<p>A Pennington County sheriff&#8217;s investigator learned Hruby was allegedly out of compliance with registration rules.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators also learned he had an active felony arrest warrant from Kittson County.<\/p>\n<p>The warrant involved two alleged failures to register as a predatory offender.<\/p>\n<p>A Thief River Falls police investigator later located Hruby&#8217;s camper at Falls Stay N Play.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators confirmed that Hruby was living there, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement later obtained a search warrant for the camper.<\/p>\n<p>Hruby was arrested when officers executed the warrant.<\/p>\n<h2>Complaint Says Registration Was Not Updated<\/h2>\n<p>Hruby allegedly told investigators he had been in Pennington County for about two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had left Kittson County because of family issues.<\/p>\n<p>According to the complaint, Hruby acknowledged he had not updated his registration.<\/p>\n<p>He also allegedly said he had not notified authorities in Kittson County.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint states Hruby agreed that two weeks was too long to wait.<\/p>\n<p>He allegedly said updating his registration had remained in the back of his mind.<\/p>\n<h2>Minnesota Law Requires Updated Registration<\/h2>\n<p>Minnesota law requires certain registered offenders to provide current address and residence information.<\/p>\n<p>Registration requirements can include prompt notice when a person&#8217;s primary or secondary address changes.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to comply can lead to criminal charges under state law.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/243.166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 243.166<\/a> through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes.<\/p>\n<p>The amended complaint also references a prior Marshall County conviction involving electronic solicitation of a child.<\/p>\n<p>That prior case was cited as part of Hruby&#8217;s registration history.<\/p>\n<h2>Case Remains Pending<\/h2>\n<p>The allegations contained in a criminal complaint are not proof of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Hruby is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Charges may be amended, dismissed, or otherwise changed as the case moves forward.<\/p>\n<p>Public case information may be available through <a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/access-case-records\/mcro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/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><small>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57683\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jon-Michael-Hruby.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-57683\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jon-Michael-Hruby-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Thief River Falls Man Charged in Registry Violation Case\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jon-Michael-Hruby-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jon-Michael-Hruby-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jon-Michael-Hruby-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jon-Michael-Hruby-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jon-Michael-Hruby.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thief River Falls Man Charged in Registry Violation Case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Michael Hruby, 29, faces a felony charge in Pennington County after investigators alleged he failed to update his predatory offender registration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57683,"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":[12],"tags":[26138,26139,26137,25970,26140,16602,777,8368,778,786],"class_list":["post-57682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-failure-to-register-minnesota","tag-felony-registration-violation","tag-jon-hruby","tag-jon-michael-hruby","tag-kittson-county-warrant","tag-minnesota-arrest-news","tag-pennington-county","tag-predatory-offender-registration","tag-thief-river-falls","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57682","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=57682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57684,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57682\/revisions\/57684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}