{"id":30991,"date":"2026-06-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=30991"},"modified":"2026-05-30T07:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:07:36","slug":"beltrami-county-books-melissa-kingbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/beltrami-county-books-melissa-kingbird\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltrami County Books Melissa Kingbird"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Beltrami County Books Melissa Kingbird<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Beltrami County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) &#8211; Melissa Kingbird is listed as recently booked at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.beltrami.mn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beltrami County Jail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to booking information, Kingbird was taken into custody on May 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists one gross misdemeanor charge in District Court.<\/p>\n<p>The listed charge is driving while impaired.<\/p>\n<p>The record describes the charge as operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>The case number listed in the booking information is 25005719.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Details<\/h2>\n<p>Kingbird is listed at 5 feet tall and 158 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists brown eyes.<\/p>\n<p>No hair color was listed in the information provided.<\/p>\n<p>The listed bail or fine amount was $0.00.<\/p>\n<p>No court date was shown in the booking information provided.<\/p>\n<p>The court branch listed for the case is the District Court.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\">\n<p><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\/KingbirdMelissa.png\" alt=\"Melissa Kingbird booking photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #666;\">Melissa Kingbird booking photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>DWI Charge Listed In Court Record<\/h2>\n<p>The booking entry cites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 169A.20<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That statute covers driving while impaired offenses in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record describes the charge as DWI involving alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>The charge is listed as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Gross misdemeanor cases can carry serious court penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Those penalties depend on court findings and case details.<\/p>\n<p>No further details about the alleged incident were included in the booking record provided.<\/p>\n<h2>Court And County Information<\/h2>\n<p>More court information may be available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additional local information may be found through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.beltrami.mn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beltrami County website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jail booking records are not proof of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>A criminal charge is only an allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Kingbird is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/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<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Kingbird was booked into Beltrami County Jail on May 29, 2026, on a gross misdemeanor DWI charge involving alcohol in District Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30992,"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":[1223,17733,7429,768,14045,13524,11819],"class_list":["post-30991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-beltrami","tag-booked","tag-books","tag-county","tag-kingbird","tag-melissa","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30991","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=30991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30993,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30991\/revisions\/30993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}