{"id":33277,"date":"2026-06-18T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=33277"},"modified":"2026-06-16T05:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:16:57","slug":"polk-county-man-booked-in-third-degree-dwi-case-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/polk-county-man-booked-in-third-degree-dwi-case-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Man Booked In Third-Degree DWI Case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Polk County Man Booked In Third-Degree DWI Case<\/h2>\n

Polk County<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Donald Francis Rudnik was recently booked into the Polk County Jail, according to booking information provided.<\/p>\n

The jail entry lists the booking date as June 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

The record also lists Rudnik\u2019s date of birth as January 1, 1969.<\/p>\n

The listed charge is third-degree driving while impaired.<\/p>\n

The charge includes one aggravating factor.<\/p>\n

Gross Misdemeanor DWI Charge Listed<\/h2>\n

The booking record lists the offense as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

The cited law is Minnesota Statute 169A.26.1(a).<\/p>\n

That statute covers third-degree driving while impaired in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Third-degree DWI may apply when one aggravating factor is alleged.<\/p>\n

The statute can be reviewed through the Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The provided booking entry did not list the specific aggravating factor.<\/p>\n

It also did not include details about the traffic stop.<\/p>\n

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Donald Francis Rudnik booking image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jail And Court Information<\/h2>\n

Rudnik was listed as recently booked at the Polk County Jail.<\/p>\n

Polk County jail services are handled through Tri-County Community Corrections.<\/p>\n

Current custody information may be available through the Tri-County Community Corrections inmate roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Polk County District Court is located in Crookston.<\/p>\n

The court handles criminal and traffic cases filed in Polk County.<\/p>\n

More court information is available from the Minnesota Judicial Branch Polk County District Court page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Case Status<\/h2>\n

The booking record did not list a court date.<\/p>\n

It also did not list bail information in the text provided.<\/p>\n

No crash, injury, or passenger information was included in the booking entry.<\/p>\n

No additional case details were included in the record provided.<\/p>\n

A criminal charge is only an accusation.<\/p>\n

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

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

Donald Francis Rudnik was booked in Polk County Jail after a third-degree DWI charge with one aggravating factor, according to records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33278,"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-33277","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\/33277","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=33277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33279,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33277\/revisions\/33279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}