{"id":9621,"date":"2026-01-12T05:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=9621"},"modified":"2026-01-12T05:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:54:16","slug":"fargo-man-spits-on-officer-to-get-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/fargo-man-spits-on-officer-to-get-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Fargo: Man Spits On Officer To Get Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cass County (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 A Fargo man is facing a felony charge after an incident at a local hospital, according to an incident report.<\/p>\n

Police<\/a> identified the man as Riley Dwight Braun<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Officers were called to the hospital on January 6, 2026.<\/p>\n

Staff asked police for help after Braun refused to leave, the report says.<\/p>\n

The report says he refused to leave after discharge<\/h2>\n

According to the report, Braun had been discharged from the facility.<\/p>\n

Police say staff made a trespass request.<\/p>\n

Officers confirmed Braun had been given a bus pass to leave, the report says.<\/p>\n

Police say Braun made repeated comments about wanting to go to jail.<\/p>\n

He allegedly told officers, \u201cTake me to jail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officers said he also suggested he would not leave on his own.<\/p>\n

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Riley Dwight Braun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spitting incident described<\/h2>\n

Police say Braun stood up from a wheelchair during the encounter.<\/p>\n

The report says he reached toward an officer\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

Officers say they grabbed his arms to control the movement.<\/p>\n

Police say Braun asked if that action was assault.<\/p>\n

When told it was not, police say he spat in an officer\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

Officers wrote that he did it to get arrested.<\/p>\n

Felony charge filed<\/h2>\n

Braun was arrested and taken to jail, police say.<\/p>\n

He is now charged with felony contact by bodily fluids.<\/p>\n

North Dakota law covers \u201ccontact by bodily fluids or excrement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The law states the offense is a class C felony if the contact is done knowingly.<\/p>\n

Public records<\/h2>\n

North Dakota court case information can be accessed online through the state’s court portal. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}<\/p>\n

Charges are allegations.<\/p>\n

Braun is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cass County (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 A Fargo man is facing a felony charge after an incident at a local hospital, according to an incident report. Police identified the man as Riley Dwight Braun. Officers were called to the hospital on January 6, 2026. Staff asked police for help after Braun refused to leave, the report says.… Continue reading Fargo: Man Spits On Officer To Get Arrested<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9622,"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":[8215,884,1837,756,772,769,8937,8939,8940,151,8942,5050,1121,8938,8943,8941],"class_list":["post-9621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-get","tag-arrest","tag-arrested","tag-cass-county","tag-crime","tag-fargo","tag-fargo-man-gets-wish-jail","tag-felony-contact-by-bodily-fluids","tag-hospital-trespass","tag-man","tag-ndcc-12-1-17-11","tag-north-dakota-charges","tag-officer","tag-riley-dwight-braun","tag-spits","tag-spitting-on-officer","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9621","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=9621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9624,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9621\/revisions\/9624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}