Robert Lee Knauff

Robert Lee Knauff [DOB REDACTED], hereinafter Defendant, was convicted of 5th Degree Possession of Controlled Substance in March of 2025 in ••-CR-••-•••• and received a stay of imposition of a felony sentence. Defendant was convicted of dissemination of adulterated substance, intent to cause death or harm June 2026 in ••-CR-••-••••. As a result of these convictions Defendant is prohibited from the possession of firearms or ammunition. On May 29, 2026 investigators from the Carlton County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at Defendant's residence on Heaton Lane in Barnum, within Carlton County.

Investigators were looking for firearms after a report that Defendant was in possession of firearms and ammunition at the residence. Defendant was present at the residence at the time of the execution of the search warrant. In the residence, officers located a.410 lever action shotgun in a a closet near the front door. Also located were boxes of shotgun shells on a windowsill in the kitchen and three green ammunition cans containing.410 and 20 gauge shotgun ammunition as well as.270,.308, 25.35, and 30.06 rifle ammunition.