{"id":33101,"date":"2026-06-17T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=33101"},"modified":"2026-06-15T04:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:31:31","slug":"beltrami-county-patrick-tahahwah-faces-felony-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/beltrami-county-patrick-tahahwah-faces-felony-dwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltrami County: Patrick Tahahwah Faces Felony DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Beltrami County: Patrick Tahahwah Faces Felony DWI<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Beltrami County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Patrick Tahahwah was booked into the Beltrami County Jail on June 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Jail records list two charges against Tahahwah. The charges are tied to case number 26-010514.<\/p>\n<p>The listed court branch is the District Court. No court date was listed in the provided jail record.<\/p>\n<h2>Felony DWI Charge Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The first charge alleges first-degree driving while impaired. Jail records list the charge as a felony.<\/p>\n<p>The charge states the case involves three or more qualified prior impaired driving incidents within 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>First-degree DWI is listed under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 169A.24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under state law, first-degree DWI is treated as a felony offense. Penalties are handled through the court process.<\/p>\n<p>The second charge alleges driving after cancellation. The record describes it as inimical to public safety.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 320px; width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/TahahwahPatrick.png\" alt=\"Booking photo of Patrick Tahahwah\" \/><figcaption>Booking image listed with Beltrami County Jail records.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Driving Status Charge<\/h2>\n<p>The driving after cancellation charge is listed as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>That charge is listed under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/171.24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 171.24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jail records list the bail or fine amount as $0.00.<\/p>\n<p>The record lists Tahahwah as 6 feet, 4 inches tall. His listed weight is 240 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>The jail entry lists black hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Information<\/h2>\n<p>The custody date listed in the jail record is June 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The holding facility is listed as the Beltrami County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review jail custody information through the <a href=\"https:\/\/inmates.co.beltrami.mn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beltrami County inmate search<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Official Minnesota traffic and DWI laws are available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Presumption Of Innocence<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking is not a conviction. Criminal charges are allegations unless proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>Tahahwah is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.<\/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>Patrick Tahahwah was booked into Beltrami County Jail on felony first-degree DWI and driving after cancellation charges, records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33102,"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":[1223,17733,768,883,960,961,1958,11819,17816],"class_list":["post-33101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-beltrami","tag-booked","tag-county","tag-dwi","tag-faces","tag-felony","tag-patrick","tag-recently","tag-tahahwah","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33101","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=33101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33103,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33101\/revisions\/33103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}