{"id":29564,"date":"2026-05-22T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=29564"},"modified":"2026-05-21T04:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:51:06","slug":"beltrami-county-duane-spears-faces-dwi-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/beltrami-county-duane-spears-faces-dwi-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltrami County: Duane Spears Faces DWI Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beltrami County<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Duane Spears was booked into the Beltrami County Jail on May 20, 2026.<\/p>\n

Jail records list Spears in connection with two DWI-related charges. The case is listed under case number 26-007536.<\/p>\n

The first charge is a gross misdemeanor DWI count. It alleges operation of a motor vehicle with any amount of a Schedule I or II drug, or metabolite, in the body. The listing notes that the charge does not involve cannabis or hemp.<\/p>\n

Felony DWI Charge Listed<\/h2>\n

The second charge is listed as first-degree DWI. That count is filed as a felony.<\/p>\n

The court listing states the felony count involves three or more qualified prior impaired driving incidents within 10 years.<\/p>\n

More information about Minnesota DWI laws is available from the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Duane Spears inmate image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Court Information<\/h2>\n

The case is listed in the District Court. No court date was shown in the provided jail information.<\/p>\n

The listed bail or fine amount is $0.00. Custody status may change after court action.<\/p>\n

Spears is listed as 5 feet 9 inches tall and 250 pounds. The listing shows black hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n

Readers can search public court information through the Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

County information may also be available through Beltrami County<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The charges are allegations at this stage. Spears is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

This report is based on the provided jail and court listing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beltrami County (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 Duane Spears was booked into the Beltrami County Jail on May 20, 2026. Jail records list Spears in connection with two DWI-related charges. The case is listed under case number 26-007536. The first charge is a gross misdemeanor DWI count. It alleges operation of a motor vehicle with any amount of… Continue reading Beltrami County: Duane Spears Faces DWI Charges<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29565,"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":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_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":[16518],"tags":[1223,5260,17733,959,768,3280,9853,17700,883,5703,960,8832,2170,1314,11819,17734],"class_list":["post-29564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-beltrami","tag-beltrami-county-jail","tag-booked","tag-charges","tag-county","tag-district-court","tag-duane","tag-duane-spears","tag-dwi","tag-dwi-charges","tag-faces","tag-first-degree-dwi","tag-impaired-driving","tag-minnesota-dwi","tag-recently","tag-spears","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29564","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=29564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}