Willie Lamar Haynes

On or about May 24, 2026 at approximately 3:40 AM, officers of the Cloquet Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the City of Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota for a report of a domestic assault occurring at that location. Officer Marcus Childs arrived at the scene and noticed RKP, the reported victim, walking out of the residence with blood on the left side of her face. RKP was crying and indicated that she could not see out of her left eye. The blood was coming from the eyebrow area and running down her face to her chin.

RKP reported to Officer Childs, that Willie Lamar Haynes, DOB/07211983, the Defendant herein, her ex- boyfriend and current roommate, had gotten into an argument with her and had taken her credit cards and keys, and he had given a pouch back to her which did not contain her car keys. She indicated that in the course of the argument, she had turned around and he punched her in the face, causing the injuries observed by Officer Childs. She indicated that she fell to the floor when she was assaulted, but got up and felt the blood running down her face and the Defendant fled the scene.

An ambulance was called to the scene and RKP was transported to Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet. On May 25, 2026, Officer Elijah Haglund spoke to RKP, and she had a patch over her left eye. She removed the patch and showed Officer Haglund a significant bruise around her left eye and indicated to Officer Haglund that she had sustained a fracture from the assault.