Hennepin detention deputy charged after Maple Grove hospital lockdown

Hennepin County detention deputy Dillon Matthew Field, 30, of Isanti, has been charged in Hennepin County with misdemeanor fifth‑degree assault and domestic assault after a Feb. 5 incident at Maple Grove Hospital that forced the facility into lockdown. According to the criminal complaint, Field’s wife was in labor in a bathtub in her delivery room when witnesses say he began yelling at her, tried to lock himself in the bathroom with her, and shoved a witness who attempted to intervene, prompting staff to secure the hospital. The complaint says Field’s wife had been living with her mother due to a year of alleged physical and emotional abuse, including a January 2026 incident where he allegedly tackled her while she was nine months pregnant and put his full body weight on her. Bail was set at $10,000 with conditions including no contact with the victim, and Hennepin County has placed Field on leave from his detention deputy job pending the case’s outcome. For metro residents, the case goes beyond a domestic dispute: it raises fresh questions about how rigorously the county screens, monitors and disciplines people it trusts to guard and control others inside its own detention facilities.