{"id":30725,"date":"2026-05-28T06:07:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=30725"},"modified":"2026-05-28T06:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:07:43","slug":"thief-river-falls-man-arrested-after-dwi-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-man-arrested-after-dwi-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Man Arrested After DWI Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Thief River Falls Man Arrested After DWI Stop<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Thief River Falls<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Thief River Falls man was arrested after an early morning traffic stop on May 17.<\/p>\n<p>The stop happened at about 1:37 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Police performed the stop near the intersection of First Street and Main Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Lemuel Garcia Gomez, 31, of Thief River Falls, has been cited for DWI.<\/p>\n<p>According to the citation, Garcia Gomez was arrested after the traffic stop.<\/p>\n<h2>Early Morning Stop Downtown<\/h2>\n<p>The citation did not list the reason for the traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>It also did not state whether a crash occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The stop happened in a central area of Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities listed the offense as DWI.<\/p>\n<p>The citation indicated that a blood alcohol content level was unavailable.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 30px auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Garcia-GomezKevin.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Lemuel Garcia Gomez mugshot\" \/><figcaption>Kevin Lemuel Garcia Gomez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>DWI Citation Filed<\/h2>\n<p>A DWI citation is not a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia Gomez is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>The case may move through the local court system.<\/p>\n<p>Further details could become available through public court records.<\/p>\n<p>Public case information may be searched through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/Access-Case-Records.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch case records system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>General information about Minnesota criminal court steps is available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/Help-Topics\/Criminal.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Courts criminal help page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Minnesota DWI Information<\/h2>\n<p>Minnesota law includes several offenses related to impaired driving.<\/p>\n<p>State DWI laws can be reviewed 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>Drivers may face court hearings, license issues, and other penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Those penalties depend on the facts of each case.<\/p>\n<p>No additional details were included in the initial citation.<\/p>\n<p>This story will be updated if more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Thief River Falls man was arrested after an early May 17 traffic stop near First Street and Main Avenue, according to a DWI citation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30726,"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":[12],"tags":[1217,4290,17586,10642,1314,778,786],"class_list":["post-30725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-dwi-arrest","tag-first-street","tag-kevin-garcia-gomez","tag-main-avenue","tag-minnesota-dwi","tag-thief-river-falls","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30725","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=30725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30728,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30725\/revisions\/30728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}