Court news: Detroit Lakes man sentenced for burglary, high-speed chase

Edward Jonathan Beaulieu Jr., 27, of Detroit Lakes, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony first-degree burglary.

According to court records, at about 3 a.m. on Sept. 10, 2021 police were called to his former girlfriend’s apartment in Detroit Lakes after Beaulieu came in uninvited about an hour earlier.

He pushed his way in and took her phone away. She ran into the bathroom, crying, and he told her to stop crying or he would “stuff a knife in her throat,” according to the criminal complaint. When she couldn’t stop crying, he held a hand over her mouth and plugged her nose so she couldn’t breathe. She saw that he had a knife, and he told her he also had a gun. He left after about 40 minutes.

A domestic abuse no-contact order had been issued against Beaulieu to protect the woman on July 9 and was still in effect.

On Feb. 16, District Judge Jay Carlson sentenced him on that charge to 33 months in prison at St. Cloud, stayed five years, and placed him on supervised probation for five years.

He was ordered to serve 180 days in jail, with credit for 121 days served, and to pay a $1,000 fine and $1,150 in court fees.

Beaulieu was ordered to get a chemical dependency evaluation and follow the recommendations, including aftercare.

A domestic abuse no-contact order was put into effect until Feb. 16, 2027, and he was placed on supervised probation for five years.

A felony charge of making threats of violence was dropped in a plea agreement. He was found guilty of a misdemeanor violating a no-contact order, but no sentence was pronounced on that charge.

Beaulieu was also sentenced on a felony charge of fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle.

According to court records, on Oct. 19, 2021, at approximately 7:26 a.m. a Becker County deputy responded to a complaint of a car with no plates and a man passed out behind the wheel in the driving lane near 28499 220th Street, Detroit Lakes.

When the deputy got there, he saw the man apparently passed out in the driver’s seat, and learned the silver car had been stolen in Otter Tail County.

The car doors were locked, and when the officer knocked on the window, Beaulieu sat up and looked at him. Told to shut off the car, Beaulieu instead drove away at a high rate of speed.

He turned north onto 280th Avenue and began driving down the middle of the road and into the opposite lane of travel. He then turned east onto County Road 32, traveling at over 100 mph, still driving down the middle of the roadway.

He next ran the stop sign at the intersection of County Roads 27 and 32 and began traveling southbound by Cotton Lake. The deputy paced the car going over 100 mph and saw it almost collide with oncoming traffic.

Beaulieu continued towards County Road 29 and turned north. As the pursuit approached the North Cotton Lake Road intersection, Beaulieu tried to turn west, but ended up in the ditch. He left the car and fled on foot before ultimately being caught and arrested.

He was sentenced on that charge to 15 months in prison at St. Cloud, stayed five years. He was ordered to serve 121 days in jail, with credit for 121 days served. He was fined $500 plus $650 in court fees, and was ordered to get a chemical dependency evaluation and follow the recommendations, including aftercare.

A felony charge of receiving stolen property and a misdemeanor charge of fleeing on foot charge were dropped in a plea agreement.

In a separate misdemeanor charge of violating a no-contact order, which occurred Oct. 21-Oct. 27, 2021, he was fined $50 plus $125 in court fees and ordered to serve 90 days in jail, with credit for 90 days served.

Marlon Solomon Roberts, 35, of Mahnomen, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony fourth-degree assault.

According to court records, on Aug. 5, 2021, a Detroit Lakes police officer responded to assist other officers with Roberts, who was showing signs of chemical intoxication, and officers were struggling to place him into a squad car.

The officers eventually brought Roberts to the hospital emergency room in Detroit Lakes. As he was placed on a bed, he became violent and was thrashing. During the struggle, he turned to his side, looked towards the Detroit Lakes officer, and spit a large amount of saliva in his face. Minnesota law dictates anyone who “intentionally throws or otherwise transfers bodily fluids or feces at an officer” is guilty of a felony offense.

On Feb. 16, District Judge Jay Carlson stayed imposition of sentence and placed him on supervised probation for five years.

He was ordered to serve 18 days in jail, with credit for 18 days served, and to pay a $500 fine and $650 in court fees.

Roberts was ordered to get a chemical dependency evaluation and follow the recommendations, including aftercare.

Tamara Dolores Boudreau, 48, of Frazee, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime.

A felony charge of third-degree controlled substance crime was dismissed in a plea agreement.

According to court records, on Sept. 13, 2021, White Earth police officers and agents with the Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at a residence in Becker County.

Agents found Boudreau in a bedroom, and she was arrested on a Becker County warrant. A paper bindle with white powdery substance, said to be fentanyl, was found in the bedroom, along with a glass pipe. Two counterfeit $100 bills were found in her purse in the bedroom.

Four other people were inside the residence. One of them said Boudreau had been staying at the residence for the past few days. People at the residence said Boudreau brought the drugs in with her, and one said she gave them fentanyl for free. A third man said she gave him narcotics in the living room when he arrived at the residence earlier. Boudreau had over $500 cash in her pants. The suspected fentanyl was sent to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for testing.

On Feb. 16, District Judge Jay Carlson stayed imposition of sentence and placed her on supervised probation for five years.

Boudreau was ordered to serve 15 days in jail, with credit for 15 days served, and to pay $1,150 in court fees.

She was ordered not to use any illegal drugs or alcohol, and to submit to random testing.