{"id":57688,"date":"2026-10-09T09:30:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=57688"},"modified":"2026-10-07T08:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:55:05","slug":"thief-river-falls-man-cited-in-domestic-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-man-cited-in-domestic-assault-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Man Cited in Domestic Assault Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls Man Cited in Domestic Assault 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 Alejandro Marin Rangel, 25, was arrested following an alleged domestic assault in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n<p>Police received the call at 10:31 a.m. on September 26.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported in the 200 block of Markley Avenue South.<\/p>\n<p>Rangel was cited for domestic assault, according to the police report.<\/p>\n<h2>Police Called Over Woman&#8217;s Phone<\/h2>\n<p>The incident began when police received a request to assist a woman.<\/p>\n<p>She was reportedly trying to recover her phone from a man.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to the Markley Avenue South location.<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, police learned of an alleged assault involving the woman.<\/p>\n<p>Rangel is accused of assaulting her, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The information provided does not describe the alleged physical contact.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not state whether the woman reported any injuries.<\/p>\n<h2>Rangel Arrested Following Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Police arrested Rangel following the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The report states he was cited for domestic assault.<\/p>\n<p>No additional charges were listed in the information provided.<\/p>\n<p>The report also does not provide information about bail or a court date.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details could become available through court records if a criminal case is filed.<\/p>\n<h2>Minnesota Domestic Assault Law<\/h2>\n<p>Minnesota law addresses domestic assault under Statute 609.2242.<\/p>\n<p>The law covers certain alleged acts involving family or household members.<\/p>\n<p>It can include intentionally causing fear of immediate bodily harm or death.<\/p>\n<p>It can also cover intentionally inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.2242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 609.2242<\/a> through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes.<\/p>\n<p>Public court information may also be available through <a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/access-case-records\/mcro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A citation or arrest does not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Rangel is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through the court process.<\/p>\n<p>Charges may also be amended, dismissed, or otherwise changed as a case proceeds.<\/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_57691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57691\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alejandro-Marin-Rangel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-57691\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alejandro-Marin-Rangel-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Thief River Falls Man Cited in Domestic Assault Case\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alejandro-Marin-Rangel-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alejandro-Marin-Rangel-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alejandro-Marin-Rangel-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alejandro-Marin-Rangel-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alejandro-Marin-Rangel.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thief River Falls Man Cited in Domestic Assault Case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alejandro Marin Rangel, 25, was arrested after Thief River Falls police responded to a report involving a phone and an alleged domestic assault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57691,"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":[25751,2158,16602,16854,777,778,7688,26145,786],"class_list":["post-57688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-alejandro-marin-rangel","tag-domestic-assault","tag-minnesota-arrest-news","tag-minnesota-domestic-assault","tag-pennington-county","tag-thief-river-falls","tag-thief-river-falls-police","tag-trf-crime-news","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57688","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=57688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57692,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57688\/revisions\/57692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}