{"id":31477,"date":"2026-06-02T06:10:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=31477"},"modified":"2026-06-02T06:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:10:27","slug":"polk-county-dwi-case-ronald-hamren-booked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/polk-county-dwi-case-ronald-hamren-booked\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County DWI Case: Ronald Hamren Booked"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Polk County DWI Case: Ronald Hamren Booked<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Polk County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Ronald Alan Hamren was recently booked into the Polk County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>The booking information lists a first-degree driving while impaired charge against Hamren.<\/p>\n<p>Hamren was booked on May 29, 2026. The booking record lists his date of birth as Dec. 16, 1956.<\/p>\n<p>The charge is listed as a felony. It was filed under Minnesota Statute 169A.24.1.<\/p>\n<h2>Charge Listed In Booking Record<\/h2>\n<p>The listed offense is traffic-DUI, first-degree driving while impaired.<\/p>\n<p>First-degree DWI is one of the most serious impaired driving charges in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Under Minnesota law, first-degree DWI cases can involve prior impaired driving incidents. They may also involve certain aggravating factors.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the statute through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record does not list a conviction. A booking is only part of the legal process.<\/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\/06\/HAMREN-RONALD-ALAN-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot of Ronald Alan Hamren\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #555;\">Ronald Alan Hamren booking photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Court Process Ahead<\/h2>\n<p>Hamren is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>The case may move through court hearings in Polk County. More details may become available through court records.<\/p>\n<p>State court information can be searched through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>County information may also be available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polkcountymn.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polk County, Minnesota<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota officials continue to warn drivers about the risks of impaired driving.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic safety information is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/dps.mn.gov\/divisions\/ots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This story is based on recent Polk County Jail booking information.<\/p>\n<p>No police officer names are included in this report.<\/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>Ronald Alan Hamren was booked in Polk County Jail on a first-degree DWI charge under Minnesota law, according to recent jail booking details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31478,"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":[17733,871,768,883,18299,895,11819,14080],"class_list":["post-31477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-case","tag-county","tag-dwi","tag-hamren","tag-polk","tag-recently","tag-ronald","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31477","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=31477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31479,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31477\/revisions\/31479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}