{"id":69114,"date":"2026-10-29T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=69114"},"modified":"2026-10-29T12:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T17:25:52","slug":"crookston-travis-clark-booked-for-failure-to-appear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/crookston-travis-clark-booked-for-failure-to-appear\/","title":{"rendered":"Crookston: Travis Clark Booked for Failure to Appear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CROOKSTON, Minn.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Travis Gordon Clark, 21, was listed in an October 28, 2026, Polk County jail booking.<\/p>\n<p>The booking information lists a misdemeanor failure-to-appear allegation connected to a court case.<\/p>\n<p>The listed offense falls under Minnesota Statute 609.49, subdivision 2.<\/p>\n<p>Clark&#8217;s date of birth is listed as June 1, 2005.<\/p>\n<h2>Failure-to-Appear Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>The booking entry identifies the allegation as failure to appear in a gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor matter.<\/p>\n<p>The charge is classified as a misdemeanor, according to the supplied booking details.<\/p>\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.49<\/a>, certain defendants can face criminal charges for intentionally missing a required court appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Subdivision 2 applies to defendants charged with a gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor who fail to appear for trial.<\/p>\n<p>The law also includes requirements involving notice of the appearance or conditions of release.<\/p>\n<p>The booking summary does not identify the original charge connected to Clark&#8217;s alleged missed court appearance.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not provide the date or location of that appearance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69115\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CLARK-TRAVIS-GORDON-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69115\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CLARK-TRAVIS-GORDON-2.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Gordon Clark\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CLARK-TRAVIS-GORDON-2.jpg 240w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CLARK-TRAVIS-GORDON-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Travis Gordon Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Polk County Jail Information<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitycorrections-tccc.org\/nwrcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northwest Regional Corrections Center<\/a> is located in Crookston, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The facility serves Polk, Norman, and Red Lake counties through Tri-County Community Corrections.<\/p>\n<p>The correctional facility is located at 816 Marin Avenue in Crookston.<\/p>\n<p>Officials maintain a public inmate roster showing booking dates, identifying information, and controlling charges.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitycorrections-tccc.org\/index.asp?SEC=7AA2A95C-63E9-415B-9B67-C9E68D3D1F20&amp;Type=B_BASIC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official inmate roster<\/a> is generally updated on weekday mornings.<\/p>\n<p>Clark&#8217;s supplied booking entry identifies October 28, 2026, as his booking date.<\/p>\n<p>The available details do not identify the arresting agency or explain how he was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>No bond amount, next hearing date, or case number was included in the supplied information.<\/p>\n<h2>What Happens Next?<\/h2>\n<p>A failure-to-appear allegation can become a separate criminal matter from the underlying case.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota law also recognizes an affirmative defense when circumstances beyond a person&#8217;s control caused the missed appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Further court documents could explain the original case and the circumstances surrounding Clark&#8217;s booking.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can access available public records through <a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/access-case-records\/mcro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, some pending criminal cases cannot be located through a defendant&#8217;s name alone.<\/p>\n<p>Booking records are not proof of guilt, and the listed allegation has not been established as a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Clark is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News will provide updates if additional verified information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travis Gordon Clark, 21, was listed as booked October 28, 2026, in Polk County on a misdemeanor failure-to-appear allegation under Minnesota law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69118,"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":[16518],"tags":[1197,892,16553,946,30118],"trf_mt_town":[29428],"trf_mt_county":[29511],"trf_mt_topic":[29493,29584],"trf_mt_series":[],"class_list":["post-69114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-criminal-charges","tag-crookston","tag-jail-booking","tag-polk-county","tag-travis-gordon-clark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69114","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=69114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69119,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69114\/revisions\/69119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69114"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_town","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_town?post=69114"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_county","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_county?post=69114"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_topic?post=69114"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_series?post=69114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}