{"id":32945,"date":"2026-06-14T04:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=32945"},"modified":"2026-06-14T04:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:07:31","slug":"thief-river-falls-man-held-in-dwi-case-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-man-held-in-dwi-case-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Man Held In DWI Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls Man Held In DWI Case<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Thief River Falls<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2013 Jason Petersen is being held at the Pennington County Jail following a DWI-related court case.<\/p>\n<p>According to jail information, Petersen was listed in custody on June 13, 2026. The case is connected to a gross misdemeanor traffic charge.<\/p>\n<p>The listed charge is third-degree driving while impaired with one aggravating factor. The charge is filed under Minnesota Statute 169A.26. The official statute can be viewed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Case Details<\/h2>\n<p>The case number listed is 2026001520. Court information shows the matter is assigned to the District Court.<\/p>\n<p>No court date was listed in the jail entry. The bail or fine amount was shown as $0.00.<\/p>\n<p>Jail records list Petersen as 6 feet tall and 230 pounds. His hair and eye color were both listed as brown.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PetersenJason.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot of Jason Petersen\" \/><em>Jason Petersen \/ Pennington County Jail<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Charge Listed As Gross Misdemeanor<\/h2>\n<p>Under Minnesota law, third-degree DWI is classified as a gross misdemeanor. The charge can involve one aggravating factor.<\/p>\n<p>An aggravating factor can affect how a DWI case is charged. It may also affect possible penalties if there is a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>The information listed in jail records is not a finding of guilt. Petersen is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>More court information may become available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This story will be updated if more public court details are released.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Petersen was booked into Pennington County Jail on a third-degree DWI charge with one aggravating factor, court records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32946,"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":[17733,871,883,827,3148,151,11819,824,825],"class_list":["post-32945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-case","tag-dwi","tag-falls","tag-held","tag-man","tag-recently","tag-river","tag-thief","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32945","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=32945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32947,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32945\/revisions\/32947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}