{"id":27363,"date":"2026-05-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=27363"},"modified":"2026-04-29T06:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:18:08","slug":"thief-river-falls-romuld-charged-with-dwi-refusal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-romuld-charged-with-dwi-refusal\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls: Romuld Charged With DWI Refusal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thief River Falls<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Grand Forks woman is facing a DWI test refusal charge after a traffic stop in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n

The stop happened April 24 at about 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Police stopped the vehicle for expired registration, according to the amended complaint.<\/p>\n

The stop happened near First Street and Conley Avenue.<\/p>\n

Erin Christine Romuld, 41, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, was arrested.<\/p>\n

She has been charged with third-degree DWI test refusal.<\/p>\n

Stop Reported For Expired Registration<\/h2>\n

According to the amended complaint, police first stopped Romuld\u2019s vehicle for expired registration.<\/p>\n

During the stop, police allegedly noticed signs of impairment.<\/p>\n

The complaint says those signs involved the use of an intoxicating substance.<\/p>\n

Romuld was asked to perform field sobriety testing.<\/p>\n

The complaint says she failed some of those tests.<\/p>\n

\"Erin<\/p>\n

Erin Christine Romuld booking photo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Search Warrant Sought For Test<\/h2>\n

The complaint says police then sought a search warrant.<\/p>\n

The warrant was for a blood or urine sample.<\/p>\n

Romuld allegedly said she did not want to take the test.<\/p>\n

She was then charged with third-degree DWI test refusal.<\/p>\n

Third-degree DWI can apply in cases involving aggravating factors or test refusal.<\/p>\n

Readers can review Minnesota\u2019s DWI statutes through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More information about impaired driving is available from the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Court Information<\/h2>\n

No further court details were included in the information provided.<\/p>\n

Future case updates may appear through the Minnesota Judicial Branch case records system<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A criminal charge is not a finding of guilt.<\/p>\n

Romuld is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

No additional details were listed in the amended complaint information provided.<\/p>\n

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

Thief River Falls (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 A Grand Forks woman is facing a DWI test refusal charge after a traffic stop in Thief River Falls. The stop happened April 24 at about 8:30 p.m. Police stopped the vehicle for expired registration, according to the amended complaint. The stop happened near First Street and Conley Avenue. Erin… Continue reading Thief River Falls: Romuld Charged With DWI Refusal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27365,"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":[17014,4232,17013,4290,1480,778,1326,786],"class_list":["post-27363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-conley-avenue","tag-dwi-test-refusal","tag-erin-christine-romuld","tag-first-street","tag-grand-forks","tag-thief-river-falls","tag-third-degree-dwi","tag-trf-news","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27363","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=27363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27367,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27363\/revisions\/27367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}