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False Criminal Record Claims About Renee Nicole Good Debunked

Fact-checking by Limitless Media found no criminal or custody records for Renee Good despite viral claims, confirming only a civil vehicle registration issue may have applied.

  • On January 7, 2026, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was fatally shot during a federal immigration enforcement operation involving ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • This past week, a viral rap-sheet image circulated claiming Good had an arrest history and lost custody, but it listed incorrect details and lacked official case numbers.
  • Limitless Media's public-record search found no criminal records or charges for Good in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri, only a Missouri name-change filing and a 2012 traffic ticket.
  • Demonstrators surged nationwide, as hundreds protested on Saturday, while the Trump administration and Homeland Security defended the agent and President Donald Trump said the officer fired in "self-defence".
  • Fact-Checkers found the circulated rap sheet likely refers to another person due to birth year mismatches and will update if official court records emerge, while family and friends described Good as devoted.
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Renee Nicole Good, the woman who died at the hands of ICE in Minneapolis on January 7, was 37 years old when she died; she was born in 1989. The image circulating online, which purports to show a criminal record, indicates that she was born in 1980 and would have been 35 in 2024, which is incorrect. If that birth year is used as a reference, she would have been 44 in 2024, not 35. The circulated file claims she had a history of domestic abuse, b…

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Hindustan Times broke the news in New Delhi, India on Sunday, January 11, 2026.
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