{"id":29698,"date":"2026-05-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=29698"},"modified":"2026-05-22T05:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:39:51","slug":"beltrami-county-donna-staples-held-in-dwi-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/beltrami-county-donna-staples-held-in-dwi-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltrami County: Donna Staples Held In DWI Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Beltrami County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Donna Staples is being held in the Beltrami County Jail after a DWI-related charge was listed in booking records.<\/p>\n<p>According to the jail information provided, Staples was taken into custody on May 21, 2026. The listed bail or fine amount is $0.00.<\/p>\n<p>Staples is listed as 5 feet, 3 inches tall and 119 pounds. The booking record lists red hair and hazel eyes.<\/p>\n<h2>DWI Charge Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The listed case number is 24-021544. The charge is tied to Minnesota Statute 169A.20.1(2).<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry lists the charge as operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n<p>The severity field lists the charge as a gross misdemeanor. The court branch listed is the District Court.<\/p>\n<p>No court date was listed in the booking details provided. Court schedules may be updated later.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/StaplesDonna.png\" alt=\"Donna Staples booking mugshot\" \/><em>Donna Staples booking image.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Case Remains Pending<\/h2>\n<p>The charge is an allegation at this stage. Staples is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota law covers impaired driving involving alcohol, controlled substances, and other impairing substances.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the Minnesota DWI law through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>General court information is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Driver licensing information is available through <a href=\"https:\/\/dps.mn.gov\/divisions\/dvs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Custody status can change without notice. Booking records may not include every later court update.<\/p>\n<p>This report is based on Beltrami County Jail booking details provided for case 24-021544.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beltrami County (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 Donna Staples is being held in the Beltrami County Jail after a DWI-related charge was listed in booking records. According to the jail information provided, Staples was taken into custody on May 21, 2026. The listed bail or fine amount is $0.00. Staples is listed as 5 feet, 3 inches tall&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/beltrami-county-donna-staples-held-in-dwi-case\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beltrami County: Donna Staples Held In DWI Case<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29699,"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":[1223,11498,5260,17733,871,10796,768,3280,12996,17741,883,3148,10641,11819,17813,786],"class_list":["post-29698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-beltrami","tag-beltrami-county-dwi","tag-beltrami-county-jail","tag-booked","tag-case","tag-controlled-substance-dwi","tag-county","tag-district-court","tag-donna","tag-donna-staples","tag-dwi","tag-held","tag-minnesota-dwi-charge","tag-recently","tag-staples","tag-trf-news","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29698","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=29698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}