{"id":18395,"date":"2026-02-13T13:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=18395"},"modified":"2026-02-13T04:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:09:20","slug":"silver-creek-twp-brainerd-woman-charged-after-i-94-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/silver-creek-twp-brainerd-woman-charged-after-i-94-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Creek Twp: Brainerd Woman Charged After I-94 Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Silver Creek Township, Wright County<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) A Brainerd woman is facing two DWI-related charges. The case follows a crash on Interstate 94.<\/p>\n

Katelyn Ashley Johnson<\/strong>, 30, of Brainerd, is charged in Wright County District Court. One count is a gross misdemeanor traffic DWI test refusal. A second count is misdemeanor traffic DWI.<\/p>\n

Crash on I-94<\/h2>\n

The complaint says the crash happened around 12:11 a.m. on June 6, 2025. It took place in Silver Creek Township. A Chrysler PT Cruiser had heavy front-end damage.<\/p>\n

Troopers say the PT Cruiser rear-ended a semi-truck. They identified Johnson as the driver. Troopers reported signs of alcohol impairment.<\/p>\n

The complaint says Johnson showed clues of impairment during field tests. Troopers also say she refused a preliminary breath test.<\/p>\n

Squad car and hospital claims<\/h2>\n

Johnson was arrested and taken to a Monticello hospital, the complaint says. Troopers reported hostile behavior during the ride. They also report she urinated in the back seat.<\/p>\n

At the hospital, the complaint says Johnson used profanity and racial slurs. The complaint says she disrupted the process. Public records did not list the slurs.<\/p>\n

Troopers say Johnson was read the implied consent advisory. They say she was told refusal is a crime. The complaint says she still refused blood or urine testing.<\/p>\n

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Katelyn Ashley Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Court filing<\/h2>\n

The alleged offense date is June 6, 2025. The case was filed on February 9, 2026. Court records show the charges were issued by summons.<\/p>\n

Criminal charges are allegations. A defendant is presumed innocent. The case will be handled in Wright County District Court in Buffalo.<\/p>\n

Readers can review Minnesota\u2019s DWI law at MN Statute 169A.20<\/a>. Limited case information is available on MCRO<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Road safety updates are posted by the Minnesota State Patrol<\/a>. Crash summaries may appear on MSP Crash Updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Court location details are on the Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

I’m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Silver Creek Township, Wright County (trfnews.i234.me) A Brainerd woman is facing two DWI-related charges. The case follows a crash on Interstate 94. Katelyn Ashley Johnson, 30, of Brainerd, is charged in Wright County District Court. One count is a gross misdemeanor traffic DWI test refusal. A second count is misdemeanor traffic DWI. Crash on I-94… Continue reading Silver Creek Twp: Brainerd Woman Charged After I-94 Crash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[346,2621,12044,770,998,5461,772,3280,883,1347,8158,13217,1013,3542,5859,13215,13216,6537,5394,620,3543],"class_list":["post-18395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-after","tag-brainerd","tag-buffalo-mn","tag-charged","tag-crash","tag-creek","tag-crime","tag-district-court","tag-dwi","tag-i-94","tag-interstate-94","tag-katelyn-ashley-johnson","tag-minnesota-state-patrol","tag-monticello","tag-silver","tag-silver-creek-township","tag-silver-creek-twp","tag-test-refusal","tag-twp","tag-woman","tag-wright-county","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18398,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18395\/revisions\/18398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}