{"id":33269,"date":"2026-06-18T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=33269"},"modified":"2026-06-16T05:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:09:31","slug":"polk-county-man-booked-in-third-degree-dwi-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/polk-county-man-booked-in-third-degree-dwi-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Man Booked In Third-Degree DWI Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Polk County Man Booked In Third-Degree DWI Case<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Polk County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Andreas Joseph Brunette was recently booked into the Polk County Jail, according to jail information provided.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists the custody date as June 13, 2026. The record also lists Brunette\u2019s date of birth as May 20, 1987.<\/p>\n<p>The listed charge is third-degree driving while impaired. The charge includes one aggravating factor.<\/p>\n<h2>Gross Misdemeanor DWI Charge Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The record lists the charge as a gross misdemeanor. The cited statute is Minnesota Statute 169A.26.1(a).<\/p>\n<p>Under Minnesota law, third-degree driving while impaired may apply when one aggravating factor is present.<\/p>\n<p>The statute can be reviewed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record does not list more details about the traffic stop. It also does not list the specific aggravating factor.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRUNETTE-ANDREAS-JOSEPH.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot of Andreas Joseph Brunette\" \/><figcaption>Andreas Joseph Brunette booking image.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Jail And Court Information<\/h2>\n<p>Brunette was listed as recently booked at the Polk County Jail. Polk County jail services are connected with Tri-County Community Corrections.<\/p>\n<p>Current custody information may be available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitycorrections-tccc.org\/?SEC=7AA2A95C-63E9-415B-9B67-C9E68D3D1F20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tri-County Community Corrections local inmate roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Polk County District Court is located in Crookston. It handles criminal and traffic cases filed in the county.<\/p>\n<p>More court information is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/find-courts\/polk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch Polk County District Court page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Public court records may also be reviewed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Case Status<\/h2>\n<p>The record provided does not list a court date. It also does not list bail information.<\/p>\n<p>No crash, injury, or passenger information was included in the provided booking record.<\/p>\n<p>A criminal charge is only an accusation. Brunette 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>Andreas Joseph Brunette was booked in Polk County Jail after a third-degree DWI charge involving one aggravating factor, records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33270,"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":[17733,871,768,883,151,895,11819,18593],"class_list":["post-33269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-case","tag-county","tag-dwi","tag-man","tag-polk","tag-recently","tag-thirddegree","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33269","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=33269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33273,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33269\/revisions\/33273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}