{"id":59350,"date":"2026-10-23T04:54:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=59350"},"modified":"2026-10-21T13:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T18:47:35","slug":"libby-erickson-charged-with-restraining-order-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/libby-erickson-charged-with-restraining-order-violation\/","title":{"rendered":"Libby Erickson Charged With Restraining Order Violation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Libby Erickson Charged With Restraining Order Violation<\/h2>\n<p><strong>THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2013 A 19-year-old Thief River Falls woman has been charged with violating a harassment restraining order after allegedly visiting a home she was prohibited from approaching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Libby Parker Erickson, 19,<\/strong> faces the charge following a report received by the Pennington County Sheriff&#8217;s Office on October 13, 2026, concerning an alleged violation two days earlier.<\/p>\n<h2>Restraining Order Prohibited Contact<\/h2>\n<p>According to the criminal complaint, Erickson was served with a harassment restraining order on June 9.<\/p>\n<p>The order prohibited her from contacting the petitioner or coming within 300 feet of the petitioner&#8217;s residence.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents indicate the order remains effective until June 6, 2028, unless modified by a subsequent court order.<\/p>\n<h2>Employee Reports Encounter at Residence<\/h2>\n<p>The alleged violation occurred October 11, when an employee was at the petitioner&#8217;s home helping with a foot dressing.<\/p>\n<p>According to the complaint, the employee encountered Erickson inside the residence despite the restrictions outlined in the court order.<\/p>\n<p>The employee also alleged that Erickson smoked the petitioner&#8217;s medical marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>The employee reportedly left after Erickson&#8217;s boyfriend arrived and she overheard Erickson speaking negatively about her.<\/p>\n<p>According to the complaint, the employee told authorities that Erickson had frequently visited the residence despite the restraining order.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied report does not identify any separate drug-related charge arising from the employee&#8217;s allegation.<\/p>\n<h2>Previous Juvenile Court Case Referenced<\/h2>\n<p>The criminal complaint also references Erickson&#8217;s previous adjudication of delinquency in connection with a February 2021 fourth-degree assault case in Pennington County.<\/p>\n<p>However, the report does not establish whether the petitioner in the current restraining order case was involved in that earlier matter.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not specify the criminal severity classification of the newly filed restraining order violation charge.<\/p>\n<h2>Minnesota Law on Restraining Order Violations<\/h2>\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.748<\/a>, subdivision 6, violating a harassment restraining order can constitute a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, or felony, depending on the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Certain previous qualifying offenses or adjudications can affect the classification.<\/p>\n<p>The available complaint summary does not identify the exact subdivision under which Erickson was charged, so the applicable offense level has not been independently established.<\/p>\n<h2>Court Proceedings<\/h2>\n<p>The supplied information does not include a verified criminal court file number, upcoming hearing date, or final disposition.<\/p>\n<p>Additional public case information may be available through <a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The charge remains an allegation. Erickson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59351\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Libby-Erickson-Charged-With-Restraining-Order-Violation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-59351\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Libby-Erickson-Charged-With-Restraining-Order-Violation-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Libby Erickson Charged With Restraining Order Violation\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Libby-Erickson-Charged-With-Restraining-Order-Violation-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Libby-Erickson-Charged-With-Restraining-Order-Violation-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Libby-Erickson-Charged-With-Restraining-Order-Violation-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Libby-Erickson-Charged-With-Restraining-Order-Violation-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Libby-Erickson-Charged-With-Restraining-Order-Violation.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Libby Erickson Charged With Restraining Order Violation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libby Parker Erickson, 19, of Thief River Falls, faces a harassment restraining order violation charge after allegedly visiting a protected person&#8217;s home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59351,"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":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_google_business_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":[14961,27946,2400,27947,27948,26815,2408,26627,15225,14966,786],"class_list":["post-59350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-harassment-restraining-order-violation","tag-libby-erickson","tag-libby-parker-erickson","tag-minnesota-statute-609-748","tag-october-2026-police-report","tag-pennington-county-criminal-complaint","tag-pennington-county-sheriff","tag-restraining-order-violation-minnesota","tag-thief-river-falls-charges","tag-thief-river-falls-crime-news","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59350","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=59350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59352,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59350\/revisions\/59352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}