Beltrami County woman booked on assault charge this weekend

Beltrami County booking records show Shelly Hanson was booked Friday, May 15, on an assault-3rd degree charge for substantial bodily harm. Under Minnesota law, that offense alleges that a person assaulted another and caused injuries serious enough to meet the state’s substantial-bodily-harm standard, a charge that can carry up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

For residents checking the next step in the case, Minnesota Court Records Online can show public district court filings, hearings and judgments, but the Judicial Branch says MCRO is unofficial and not the certified court record. In Beltrami County, the Judicial Center in Bemidji handles criminal matters, and certified copies come through local court administration rather than the online search portal.

Local arrest and criminal files are kept by the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Records Office, which maintains initial, investigative and criminal records for the sheriff’s office, Bemidji Police Department and Blackduck Police Department. That system matters in a county the sheriff’s office says covers more than 3,000 square miles, protects more than 47,000 residents and sees its population more than double in summer as resorts and outdoor recreation bring more people into the area.

The weekend booking also lands against a backdrop of recent violence in Bemidji. In a separate Beltrami County case filed May 8, a 16-year-old was charged after a May 7 apartment shooting on the 2500 block of Itasca Loop Northwest left three adults critically injured and prompted a precautionary lockdown at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center while police searched for the suspect.