{"id":20420,"date":"2026-02-27T08:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=20420"},"modified":"2026-02-23T06:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:13:00","slug":"mahnomen-sunshine-rock-charged-in-drug-dwi-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/mahnomen-sunshine-rock-charged-in-drug-dwi-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahnomen: Sunshine Rock Charged in Drug DWI Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mahnomen County<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Sunshine Lynn Rock, 49, of Mahnomen, is charged in a drug-related DWI case.<\/p>\n

The charge followed a traffic stop early Friday.<\/p>\n

The case was filed in Mahnomen County District Court.<\/p>\n

Case details<\/h2>\n

Prosecutor File No.:<\/strong> 26000318<\/p>\n

Court File No.:<\/strong> 44-CR-26-97<\/p>\n

Offense date:<\/strong> February 20, 2026<\/p>\n

Rock faces three gross misdemeanor counts and one misdemeanor count.<\/p>\n

She is charged with two counts of third-degree DWI.<\/p>\n

One count alleges a Schedule I or II controlled substance in her body.<\/p>\n

One count alleges impairment by a controlled substance.<\/p>\n

Both counts cite an aggravating factor from 2024.<\/p>\n

She is also charged with driving after cancellation.<\/p>\n

The complaint says the cancellation was \u201cinimical to public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

She is also charged with expired vehicle registration.<\/p>\n

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Sunshine Lynn Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What the complaint says<\/h2>\n

The complaint says a White Earth Police Department officer saw a vehicle leave a residence tied to drug activity.<\/p>\n

The stop happened at about 1:28 a.m. on February 20, 2026.<\/p>\n

The officer said the registration tabs had expired.<\/p>\n

The tabs were listed as expired in November 2024.<\/p>\n

The complaint says Rock was driving in the City of Mahnomen.<\/p>\n

The officer reported teeth grinding while speaking with her.<\/p>\n

The complaint says Rock said she last used drugs on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The complaint says the officer checked her driver status.<\/p>\n

It came back as cancelled, the complaint says.<\/p>\n

Rock was arrested and taken to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Field tests and urine sample<\/h2>\n

At the sheriff\u2019s office, Rock agreed to field sobriety tests indoors.<\/p>\n

The complaint says she first declined due to back pain and the weather.<\/p>\n

The officer administered the horizontal gaze nystagmus test, the complaint says.<\/p>\n

The complaint notes rapid eye movement.<\/p>\n

The complaint also describes a modified Romberg test.<\/p>\n

It says Rock estimated 30 seconds in 34.55 seconds.<\/p>\n

It says she had eye tremors while counting.<\/p>\n

It also says she swayed while counting.<\/p>\n

The complaint says Rock admitted to methamphetamine use.<\/p>\n

It says she usually snorts a line.<\/p>\n

It says her last use was Sunday, February 15.<\/p>\n

The complaint says a passenger admitted use earlier that day.<\/p>\n

The officer searched the vehicle, the complaint says.<\/p>\n

The complaint says the officer found an empty paper bindle.<\/p>\n

The complaint says a judge signed a search warrant for a biological sample.<\/p>\n

Rock provided a urine sample, the complaint says.<\/p>\n

The sample was mailed to the Minnesota BCA for testing.<\/p>\n

Prior history noted<\/h2>\n

The complaint says Rock had a prior impaired-driving-related license loss in 2024.<\/p>\n

It also references a pending case, Court File No. 44-CR-24-530.<\/p>\n

What readers should know<\/h2>\n

These charges are allegations.<\/p>\n

Rock is presumed innocent in court.<\/p>\n

Public case records may be available on Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Statutes cited include 169A.20<\/a>, 169A.26<\/a>, 171.24<\/a>, and 168.09<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Minnesota BCA also explains its toxicology and alcohol testing<\/a> work online.<\/p>\n

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

Mahnomen County (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 Sunshine Lynn Rock, 49, of Mahnomen, is charged in a drug-related DWI case. The charge followed a traffic stop early Friday. The case was filed in Mahnomen County District Court. Case details Prosecutor File No.: 26000318 Court File No.: 44-CR-26-97 Offense date: February 20, 2026 Rock faces three gross misdemeanor counts… Continue reading Mahnomen: Sunshine Rock Charged in Drug DWI Stop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20423,"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":[1287,770,1189,772,2891,1191,5285,883,14120,10079,1545,3116,3245,818,14121,3431,1222,13637,14119,1326,3113],"class_list":["post-20420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-9th-judicial-district","tag-charged","tag-controlled-substance","tag-crime","tag-driving-after-cancellation","tag-drug","tag-drug-dwi","tag-dwi","tag-expired-registration","tag-inimical-to-public-safety","tag-mahnomen","tag-mahnomen-county","tag-mcro","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-bca-toxicology","tag-rock","tag-stop","tag-sunshine","tag-sunshine-lynn-rock","tag-third-degree-dwi","tag-white-earth-police-department","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20420","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=20420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20426,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20420\/revisions\/20426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}