{"id":7098,"date":"2026-01-07T05:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=7098"},"modified":"2026-01-07T05:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:02:18","slug":"bemidji-faribault-man-charged-in-home-break-in-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/bemidji-faribault-man-charged-in-home-break-in-try\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji: Faribault Man Charged in Home Break-In Try"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bemidji (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Tyler Lassman of Faribault, Minnesota, is facing criminal charges in Bemidji. Police say he tried to break into a home.<\/p>\n<h2>What the police say happened<\/h2>\n<p>According to a statement of probable cause, Bemidji police responded at about 8:45 p.m. on Jan. 4. Officers were sent to the 2500 block of Itasca Loop Northwest. The call reported a man trying to get into a residence.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they reported finding a man slumped in a snowbank. Police identified him as Tyler Lassman. Officers said he appeared highly intoxicated. They also said he fell over in the snow. Lassman told officers he was cold.<\/p>\n<h2>Detention and reported struggle<\/h2>\n<p>While officers spoke with Lassman, another officer reported hearing a threat. The complaint quotes Lassman as saying, \u201cI\u2019m going to fight this b&#8212;-.\u201d Police say Lassman then moved toward an officer.<\/p>\n<p>Officers moved in to detain him, the complaint says. Police say Lassman tensed up and resisted. Officers reported a struggle that lasted about four minutes. Police said they then secured him in handcuffs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7127\" style=\"width: 207px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7127\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Tyler-Lassman.png\" alt=\"Tyler Lassman\" width=\"207\" height=\"230\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyler Lassman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Charges filed<\/h2>\n<p>Prosecutors have charged Lassman with felony burglary. He is also charged with gross misdemeanor obstructing legal process. A misdemeanor damage to property charge was also filed.<\/p>\n<p>Burglary charges in Minnesota are listed under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minn. Stat. \u00a7 609.582<\/a>. Obstructing legal process is covered under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minn. Stat. \u00a7 609.50<\/a>. Damage to property is covered under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minn. Stat. \u00a7 609.595<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police reports are not convictions. The charges are allegations. Defendants are presumed innocent in court.<\/p>\n<p>Bemidji is the county seat of Beltrami County. The complaint says the call came from a neighborhood on the city\u2019s northwest side.<\/p>\n<p>Court files often list future hearing dates. They may also list release conditions. Online records can change as a case moves forward.<\/p>\n<h2>How to follow the case<\/h2>\n<p>Public case listings may appear on <a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us\/CaseSearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>. Information about local law enforcement services is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ci.bemidji.mn.us\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bemidji Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bemidji (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 Tyler Lassman of Faribault, Minnesota, is facing criminal charges in Bemidji. Police say he tried to break into a home. What the police say happened According to a statement of probable cause, Bemidji police responded at about 8:45 p.m. on Jan. 4. Officers were sent to the 2500 block of Itasca Loop&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/bemidji-faribault-man-charged-in-home-break-in-try\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bemidji: Faribault Man Charged in Home Break-In Try<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7133,"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":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[5553,1212,1224,4167,2214,1192,7546,848,770,772,7550,7551,7547,4016,96,7549,151,4328,1218,7338,154,7548],"class_list":["post-7098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-attempted-break-in","tag-beltrami-county","tag-bemidji","tag-bemidji-mn","tag-break-in","tag-burglary","tag-burglary-charge-more-in-bemidji","tag-charge","tag-charged","tag-crime","tag-damage-to-property","tag-faribault","tag-faribault-mn","tag-felony-burglary","tag-home","tag-itasca-loop-nw","tag-man","tag-minnesota-court-records-online","tag-obstructing-legal-process","tag-probable-cause-statement","tag-try","tag-tyler-lassman","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7098","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=7098"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7136,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7098\/revisions\/7136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}