{"id":33022,"date":"2026-06-15T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=33022"},"modified":"2026-06-14T12:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T17:03:43","slug":"bagley-man-charged-with-dwi-child-in-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/bagley-man-charged-with-dwi-child-in-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagley Man Charged With DWI, Child In Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bagley Man Charged With DWI, Child In Vehicle<\/h2>\n

Bagley<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Bagley man is facing a gross misdemeanor DWI charge after a traffic stop in Clearwater County.<\/p>\n

Nathanael Luke Bennett, 36, is charged in Clearwater County District Court with second-degree driving while impaired.<\/p>\n

The case was filed under court file number 15-CR-26-210.<\/p>\n

The charge stems from an alleged incident on June 3, 2026, in Bagley.<\/p>\n

Traffic Stop On Highway 2<\/h2>\n

According to the criminal complaint, law enforcement received a report of a possible impaired driver.<\/p>\n

The vehicle was described as a red Toyota 4Runner.<\/p>\n

A Bagley officer later located the vehicle leaving a parking lot.<\/p>\n

The complaint says the vehicle then traveled east on Highway 2.<\/p>\n

Authorities allege the vehicle failed to maintain its lane.<\/p>\n

A traffic stop was then conducted in the City of Bagley.<\/p>\n

Investigators say Bennett was driving the vehicle.<\/p>\n

An 11-year-old child was also listed as a passenger.<\/p>\n

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Nathanael Luke Bennett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Complaint Alleges High Alcohol Reading<\/h2>\n

The complaint says Bennett showed signs of possible impairment.<\/p>\n

Those signs included red, watery eyes and the smell of alcohol.<\/p>\n

When asked about driving, Bennett allegedly said he had been drinking.<\/p>\n

The complaint says Bennett refused field sobriety testing.<\/p>\n

He was then arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired.<\/p>\n

Authorities later obtained a preliminary breath test.<\/p>\n

The complaint lists the PBT result as .386 BAC.<\/p>\n

That result is far above Minnesota\u2019s legal limit of .08.<\/p>\n

You can read more about Minnesota DWI law through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aggravating Factors Cited<\/h2>\n

Prosecutors allege two aggravating factors in the case.<\/p>\n

One factor is an alcohol level of .16 or higher.<\/p>\n

The other is a child under 16 inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Second-degree DWI penalties are outlined under Minnesota Statute 169A.25<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The complaint also states Bennett has a prior out-of-state DWI conviction.<\/p>\n

A search warrant was granted for a blood or urine sample.<\/p>\n

Bennett later submitted a blood sample at a Bagley medical facility.<\/p>\n

The sample is expected to be tested by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The maximum sentence listed in the complaint is 364 days in jail.<\/p>\n

The charge also carries a possible $3,000 fine.<\/p>\n

A criminal complaint is not a conviction.<\/p>\n

Bennett is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nathanael Bennett faces a gross misdemeanor DWI charge in Clearwater County after Bagley police reported a high PBT and child passenger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33024,"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":[3894,770,1122,772,883,151,2215,93],"class_list":["post-33022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-bagley","tag-charged","tag-child","tag-crime","tag-dwi","tag-man","tag-vehicle","tag-with","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33022","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=33022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33025,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33022\/revisions\/33025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}