Fergus Falls, MN – An Apple Valley man has been charged for assaulting a deputy at the Otter Tail County Detention Facility.
Prosecutors say the deputy was completing wellness checks in one of the cell blocks on June 18, 2026, when 25-year-old Elijah Nelson approached them about speaking with a social worker. The deputy told Nelson that he needed to put a message in the cell block kiosk. The deputy said Nelson then became confrontational, stating he wasn’t going to keep playing games and approached the officer. The deputy told Nelson that they would put him in lockdown, but Nelson refused to go back to his room.
Court documents say the deputy radioed for backup, at which point Nelson ran out of the cell block door. The deputy grabbed Nelson and pulled him back to the cell block as other correctional officers arrived…