{"id":72945,"date":"2026-11-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=72945"},"modified":"2026-11-11T06:35:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T12:35:44","slug":"thief-river-falls-man-faces-felony-registration-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-man-faces-felony-registration-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Man Faces Felony Registration Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN \u2013 (trfnews.i234.me)<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 A Thief River Falls man faces a felony charge after police allegedly discovered a vehicle missing from his required predatory offender registration records.<\/p>\n

Andre Lamont Jones, 54, of Thief River Falls, is charged with knowingly violating Minnesota’s predatory offender registration requirements.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The criminal complaint was filed November 3, 2026, in Pennington County District Court.<\/p>\n

According to the complaint, investigators discovered the alleged violation during a routine compliance check in September.<\/p>\n

Compliance Check Leads to Investigation<\/h2>\n

On September 25, 2026, a law enforcement officer visited a residence at 621 Arnold Avenue North in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the visit was to conduct a predatory offender registration compliance check.<\/p>\n

During the visit, the officer noticed a vehicle parked at the property.<\/p>\n

A license plate check showed that the vehicle was registered to Andre Lamont Jones.<\/p>\n

The officer recognized the vehicle from an earlier compliance check conducted June 29.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, the same vehicle had been parked at the residence during that earlier visit.<\/p>\n

Vehicle Allegedly Missing From Registration Records<\/h2>\n

Investigators reviewed Jones’ predatory offender registration information following the September compliance check.<\/p>\n

According to the complaint, the vehicle was not listed among his current or previously registered vehicles.<\/p>\n

Minnesota law requires registered predatory offenders to report identifying information about vehicles they own or regularly drive.<\/p>\n

This includes the vehicle’s make, model, year, color, and license plate number.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors allege Jones failed to fulfill the reporting requirements.<\/p>\n

Previous Convictions Referenced in Complaint<\/h2>\n

According to court documents, Jones must register as a predatory offender because of a previous rape conviction in Ohio.<\/p>\n

The complaint also references a prior Minnesota conviction involving registration requirements.<\/p>\n

Investigators reported that Jones was convicted in October 2013 of knowingly violating predatory offender registration requirements.<\/p>\n

That conviction arose from a separate criminal case in Clearwater County.<\/p>\n

The earlier conviction is separate from the newly filed Pennington County charge.<\/p>\n

Felony Registration Violation Filed<\/h2>\n

Prosecutors have charged Jones with knowingly committing an act or failing to fulfill a predatory offender registration requirement.<\/p>\n

The offense falls under Minnesota Statute 243.166.<\/p>\n

Under state law, knowingly violating registration requirements is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n

The maximum possible fine is $10,000.<\/p>\n

Previous registration-related convictions may affect sentencing requirements if a defendant is convicted again.<\/p>\n

Additional information about these requirements is available through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Case Filed in Pennington County Court<\/h2>\n

The November 3 complaint follows the September investigation into Jones’ reported vehicle registration information.<\/p>\n

The supplied report does not identify a scheduled court hearing or establish the outcome of the new charge.<\/p>\n

Public case information can be searched through Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jones is presumed innocent of the new charge unless and until proven guilty in court.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m Adrian Cole reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A Thief River Falls man faces a felony charge after police allegedly discovered a vehicle missing from his required predatory offender<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andre Lamont Jones of Thief River Falls faces a felony charge after police allegedly found a vehicle missing from his predatory offender registration records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72946,"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":[32054,13594,1197,777,8371,778],"trf_mt_town":[29427],"trf_mt_county":[29510],"trf_mt_topic":[29493],"trf_mt_series":[],"class_list":["post-72945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-andre-lamont-jones","tag-court-sentencing","tag-criminal-charges","tag-pennington-county","tag-sex-offender-registry","tag-thief-river-falls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72945","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=72945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72947,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72945\/revisions\/72947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72945"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_town","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_town?post=72945"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_county","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_county?post=72945"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_topic?post=72945"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_series?post=72945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}