{"id":35280,"date":"2026-06-27T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=35280"},"modified":"2026-06-27T07:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:54:00","slug":"detroit-lakes-man-sentenced-to-41-months-for-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/detroit-lakes-man-sentenced-to-41-months-for-dwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lakes Man Sentenced to 41 Months for DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Detroit Lakes Man Sentenced to 41 Months for DWI<\/h2>\n

DETROIT LAKES<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Bruce Allen Basswood has received a 41-month prison sentence for felony DWI.<\/p>\n

Basswood, 56, was sentenced in Becker County District Court on May 13.<\/p>\n

The court credited him with 173 days already served in jail.<\/p>\n

A fifth-degree drug charge was dismissed under a plea agreement.<\/p>\n

Highway 34 Traffic Stop<\/h2>\n

Court records state the case began on November 22, 2025.<\/p>\n

Basswood was stopped after reporting erratic driving on Highway 34 in Becker County.<\/p>\n

A blood sample was sent to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for testing.<\/p>\n

The supplied records do not state the test result.<\/p>\n

During booking, jail staff reportedly found a small bag containing methamphetamine in Basswood\u2019s wallet.<\/p>\n

The bag and packaging weighed 0.28 grams, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n

That claim supported the fifth-degree drug charge later dismissed through the plea agreement.<\/p>\n

Basswood was not sentenced on that dismissed count.<\/p>\n


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\n<\/a>Bruce Allen Basswood booking photo. Source: Becker County Jail.<\/figure>\n

Prior Conviction Cited<\/h2>\n

Court records also cite a 2019 criminal vehicular homicide conviction.<\/p>\n

Minnesota law treats certain substance-related criminal vehicular convictions as prior impaired-driving convictions.<\/p>\n

The complete criminal history was not included in the supplied summary.<\/p>\n

Prison Sentence and Fees<\/h2>\n

The court ordered Basswood to serve 41 months in state prison at St. Cloud.<\/p>\n

His 173 days of jail credit will count toward that sentence.<\/p>\n

The court also imposed a $50 fine and $160 in court fees.<\/p>\n

A five-year conditional-release term will follow his confinement.<\/p>\n

The supplied records do not list every condition of that release.<\/p>\n

Violations during conditional release can result in additional custody.<\/p>\n

Felony DWI Law<\/h2>\n

Minnesota law<\/a> classifies first-degree DWI as a felony.<\/p>\n

The offense can carry up to seven years in prison.<\/p>\n

Felony DWI sentencing rules also require a prison term of at least three years.<\/p>\n

The sentence may include jail credit and other terms set by the court.<\/p>\n

Becker County Court Records<\/h2>\n

The Becker County District Court<\/a> is located in Detroit Lakes.<\/p>\n

Public case documents may be available through Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Bruce Allen Basswood, 56, of Detroit Lakes received a 41-month prison sentence for felony DWI, 173 days of jail credit, and five years of conditional release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35282,"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":[772,929,883,52,926,151,1578,2078],"class_list":["post-35280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-crime","tag-detroit","tag-dwi","tag-for","tag-lakes","tag-man","tag-months","tag-sentenced","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35280","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=35280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35283,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35280\/revisions\/35283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}