At around 6:00 PM on March 31, 2026, officers were sent to the Northernaire Motel at [ADDRESS REDACTED] North, on a domestic assault. Officers spoke to PE [DOB REDACTED] who said she had been arguing with her boyfriend of 9 months, TARAL JUNIOR HOLMES [DOB REDACTED], all day. PE said they had been staying in a room at the motel together, and she locked herself in the bathroom. Holmes forced his way into the bathroom and hit PE with his fists. Holmes threatened to shoot PE and her kids if she did not stop crying.
PE’s kids were not present at the time Holmes made his threat. PE fles and contacted police. PE told police that Holmes carried a handgun, and the last time she saw the handgun it was underneath the passenger seat of her Volvo XC90. Officers did not locate Holmes at the motel. Surveillance video revealed he managed to walk away. Officers towed the Volvo. PE gave officers permission to search her Volvo. The passenger seat was reclined all the way and was adjusted so it was moved all the way toward the back of the car.
Officers found a leather wallet with documents in Holmes’ name in the center console. Under the front passenger seat’s padding officers recovered a 9mm handgun with an extended Glock magazine and a large amount of suspected fentanyl. On April 1, 2018, Holmes was arrested in Farmington. The contents of one of the bags recovered from the Volvo tested positive for the presence of fentanyl and weighed 96.85 grams in its packaging. Two other bags were not tested but weighed a combined total of 65.49 grams in its packaging.
Holmes has 2 prior qualified domestic violence-related offense convictions within the past 10 years: On October 29, 2020, Holmes was sentenced on an assault in the second degree in Ramsey County District Court file 62-CR-20-551. On April 30, 2026, Holmes was sentenced on a misdemeanor battery in Waukesha County file 2017CM000841. Holmes has 5 prior felony convictions: VOCSL 1, 2 for possession of a firearm by an ineligible person, and 2 assaults in the second degree. All of Holmes’ convictions are crimes of violence pursuant to Minnesota Statute 609.1095, subd. 1(d). The drug and assault convictions make Holmes ineligible to possess firearms or ammunition.
Both of Holmes’ assault in the second degree convictions involved firearms. Holmes had a warrant out of the Department of Corrections for absconding supervision at the time he committed these offenses.
