DETROIT LAKES, MN (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2013 Travis Michael Wilkins, 37, faces two criminal charges.<\/p>\n The accusations stem from a September 9 incident at a Detroit Lakes residence.<\/p>\n Prosecutors charged Wilkins in Becker County District Court with gross misdemeanor fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct and misdemeanor domestic assault.<\/p>\n According to court records, the allegations involve a woman and a teenage boy inside the residence.<\/p>\n Two Detroit Lakes police officers arrived at the residence on September 9 and found Wilkins covered in blood.<\/p>\n Wilkins told officers he had been stabbed, according to court records.<\/p>\n He also reportedly behaved in an agitated manner and asked officers to shoot him.<\/p>\n The court report states he tried to position himself in front of a moving vehicle.<\/p>\n Officers entered a nearby residence and encountered a teenage boy who also had blood on him.<\/p>\n The boy declined to provide a statement to police at that time.<\/p>\n One witness gave investigators a knife that appeared to have blood on it.<\/p>\n She told officers the boy had used that knife to stab Wilkins.<\/p>\n A second witness told police she shared a bedroom with the teenage boy, who was her relative.<\/p>\n She said Wilkins slept in a separate room inside the residence.<\/p>\n According to her account, Wilkins had been drinking before entering the shared bedroom.<\/p>\n The witness noticed someone nearby in the darkness and turned on her phone’s flashlight.<\/p>\n She recognized Wilkins, who left the room before returning and demanding his keys.<\/p>\n The witness alleged that Wilkins began kicking and breaking objects inside the room.<\/p>\n She told him to leave and tried to push him away, but he allegedly shoved her.<\/p>\n Wilkins then allegedly attacked the teenage boy while the boy remained in bed.<\/p>\n According to the witness, Wilkins grabbed the boy’s genitals during the confrontation.<\/p>\n The witness said she tried to stop the attack but could not.<\/p>\n She reported that the boy stabbed Wilkins during the struggle, after which Wilkins left.<\/p>\n Wilkins faces gross misdemeanor fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct and misdemeanor domestic assault.<\/p>\n Minnesota’s fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct law addresses certain forms of nonconsensual sexual contact.<\/p>\n The state’s domestic assault law addresses specified harmful or threatening conduct against family or household members.<\/p>\n Readers can review Minnesota Statute 609.3451<\/a> for criminal sexual conduct laws.<\/p>\n Domestic assault requirements appear under Minnesota Statute 609.2242<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wilkins’ first court appearance is scheduled for October 22 before District Judge Michelle W. Lawson.<\/p>\n The supplied report does not provide a plea, bail amount, or final court ruling.<\/p>\n Additional information may become available through official court filings and scheduled hearings.<\/p>\nPolice Respond to Report of Stabbing<\/h2>\n
Witness Describes Bedroom Confrontation<\/h2>\n
Two Charges Filed in Becker County<\/h2>\n
First Court Appearance Set for October 22<\/h2>\n