{"id":33524,"date":"2026-06-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=33524"},"modified":"2026-06-18T05:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:25:27","slug":"beltrami-county-defoe-faces-drug-dwi-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/beltrami-county-defoe-faces-drug-dwi-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltrami County: Defoe Faces Drug, DWI Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Beltrami County: Defoe Faces Drug, DWI Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Beltrami County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Brooke Defoe is being held in the Beltrami County Jail after a June 17, 2026, custody date.<\/p>\n<p>Jail records show Defoe is facing three charges in Beltrami County District Court. The case number listed for each charge is 26-009318.<\/p>\n<p>The most serious listed charge is a felony drug sale charge. The jail record describes it as a fifth-degree sale of a Schedule IV controlled substance mixture.<\/p>\n<p>Defoe is also charged with gross misdemeanor DWI. That charge alleges operation of a motor vehicle with any amount of a Schedule I or II drug, or metabolite, in the body.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record states that the charge does not involve cannabis or hemp.<\/p>\n<h2>Drug Charges Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The felony drug sale charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 152.025.1. That statute covers fifth-degree controlled substance crimes under Minnesota law.<\/p>\n<p>More information about Minnesota drug statutes is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/152.025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A third charge lists fifth-degree drug possession. The charge involves a Schedule I, II, III, or IV substance.<\/p>\n<p>The record also lists paraphernalia residual. It notes the charge does not involve cannabis or hemp.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DefoeBrooke.png\" alt=\"Brooke Defoe booking mugshot\" \/><em>Brooke Defoe&#8217;s booking image from jail records.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>DWI Charge And Court Status<\/h2>\n<p>The DWI charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 169A.20.1(7). That section covers impaired driving offenses under Minnesota law.<\/p>\n<p>More information about Minnesota DWI laws is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The court branch listed for the case is the District Court. No court date was listed in the information provided.<\/p>\n<p>The jail listing shows Defoe\u2019s bail or fine amount as $0.00.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Information<\/h2>\n<p>Booking details list Defoe as 5 feet 5 inches tall and 180 pounds. The roster lists brown hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n<p>More case information may be available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>. Jail information may be available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.beltrami.mn.us\/departments\/law%20enforcement\/jail.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beltrami County Jail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The charges listed are allegations. Defoe has not been convicted based on the information provided.<\/p>\n<p>Under the law, defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/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>Brooke Defoe is in Beltrami County Jail after felony drug sale and gross misdemeanor DWI and drug possession charges, jail records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33525,"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":[1223,17733,959,768,19371,1191,883,960,11819],"class_list":["post-33524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-beltrami","tag-booked","tag-charges","tag-county","tag-defoe","tag-drug","tag-dwi","tag-faces","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33524","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=33524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33526,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33524\/revisions\/33526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}