{"id":65493,"date":"2026-10-28T11:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=65493"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:47:19","slug":"thief-river-falls-19-year-old-cited-for-domestic-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-19-year-old-cited-for-domestic-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls: 19-Year-Old Cited for Domestic Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls: 19-Year-Old Cited for Domestic Assault<\/h2>\n<p><strong>THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A 19-year-old Thief River Falls man received a domestic assault citation following a report at an apartment complex.<\/p>\n<p>Jykobie Leroy Edwin Spencer was cited after police responded to Sungarden Apartments at 1512 Highway 1 East.<\/p>\n<p>Police received the report October 18 at approximately 5:35 p.m., according to the incident summary.<\/p>\n<p>The report alleges Spencer assaulted another man.<\/p>\n<p>However, the available account does not describe the events leading up to the alleged assault.<\/p>\n<h2>Police Respond to Sungarden Apartments<\/h2>\n<p>Authorities received a report of domestic assault at the apartment complex during the early evening hours.<\/p>\n<p>The police summary identifies Spencer as a 19-year-old resident of Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n<p>It does not identify the other man or explain his relationship to Spencer.<\/p>\n<p>The report also provides no details about possible injuries or medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>It does not indicate whether anyone witnessed the reported incident.<\/p>\n<p>No additional details about the circumstances of the alleged assault were included.<\/p>\n<h2>Domestic Assault Citation Issued<\/h2>\n<p>Following the report, Spencer was cited for domestic assault.<\/p>\n<p>A citation documents an alleged offense but does not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied information does not indicate that Spencer was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not identify the specific charge level or provide a court case number.<\/p>\n<p>No scheduled hearing date or possible penalties were listed in the available report.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information would require an official court filing or updated police report.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65523\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jykobie-Leroy-Edwin-Spencer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-65523\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jykobie-Leroy-Edwin-Spencer-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Thief River Falls: 19-Year-Old Cited for Domestic Assault\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jykobie-Leroy-Edwin-Spencer-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jykobie-Leroy-Edwin-Spencer-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jykobie-Leroy-Edwin-Spencer-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jykobie-Leroy-Edwin-Spencer-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jykobie-Leroy-Edwin-Spencer.png 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thief River Falls: 19-Year-Old Cited for Domestic Assault<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What Minnesota Domestic Assault Law Says<\/h2>\n<p>Domestic assault is addressed under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.2242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.2242<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The law covers certain acts involving family or household members.<\/p>\n<p>These include intentional acts meant to cause fear of immediate bodily harm or death.<\/p>\n<p>The statute also addresses intentionally causing or attempting to cause bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic assault charges can carry different penalties based on the circumstances and qualifying prior offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The brief police report does not provide enough information to identify the exact statutory provision in Spencer&#8217;s case.<\/p>\n<p>Any criminal allegation must be addressed through the appropriate legal process.<\/p>\n<h2>Court Information and Case Updates<\/h2>\n<p>More information may become available if a criminal case is filed in Pennington County District Court.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can search available public cases through <a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us\/CaseSearch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the court system warns that some pending criminal cases cannot be located through searches using a person&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied police report does not include a conviction, sentence, or final case outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Further details would need confirmation through official court or law enforcement records.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer is presumed innocent unless and until 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><small>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jykobie Leroy Edwin Spencer, 19, was cited after police received a domestic assault report at Sungarden Apartments in Thief River Falls on October 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65523,"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":[14967,29247,27695,29245,26696,29248,26657,24844,2993,29246,786],"class_list":["post-65493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-domestic-assault-citation","tag-highway-1-east","tag-jykobie-leroy-edwin-spencer","tag-jykobie-spencer","tag-minnesota-domestic-assault-law","tag-october-18-police-call","tag-pennington-county-crime-news","tag-sungarden-apartments","tag-thief-river-falls-mn","tag-thief-river-falls-police-reports","tag-trf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65493","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=65493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65539,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65493\/revisions\/65539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}