{"id":35346,"date":"2026-06-29T05:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=35346"},"modified":"2026-06-28T04:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T09:43:39","slug":"beltrami-county-man-faces-dwi-fleeing-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/beltrami-county-man-faces-dwi-fleeing-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltrami County Man Faces DWI, Fleeing Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beltrami County Man Faces DWI, Fleeing Charges<\/h2>\n

BELTRAMI COUNTY<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 James Dukek was booked into the Beltrami County Jail on June 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

The jail record lists five charges under Beltrami County case 26-009937. Two charges are listed as felonies.<\/p>\n

The allegations include first-degree driving while impaired and fleeing police in a motor vehicle. Dukek also faces a gross misdemeanor controlled-substance DWI charge.<\/p>\n

Additional allegations include fleeing police by another means and driving after license cancellation. The license charge is listed as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

Booking Information<\/h2>\n

The jail record lists Dukek at 5 feet, 7 inches tall and 220 pounds. His eye color is listed as green.<\/p>\n

The public roster lists the bail or fine field as $0.00. No court date appeared in the provided information.<\/p>\n

The case is assigned to District Court. Court dates and custody information can change after an initial booking.<\/p>\n

Charges Listed in the Jail Record<\/h2>\n

Minnesota Statute 169A.20<\/a> covers driving while impaired.<\/p>\n

The booking entry alleges Dukek operated a vehicle while under a controlled substance\u2019s influence.<\/p>\n

A separate charge cites Minnesota Statute 169A.24<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That count alleges first-degree DWI involving three or more qualified prior incidents within ten years.<\/p>\n

\"JamesJames Dukek booking photo<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The roster also cites Minnesota Statute 609.487<\/a> for two fleeing allegations.<\/p>\n

One count involves a motor vehicle and is listed as a felony. The other count involves fleeing by another means.<\/p>\n

That second fleeing count is listed as a petty misdemeanor in the booking record.<\/p>\n

The final charge cites Minnesota Statute 171.24<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It alleges driving after license cancellation because the driver was considered unsafe for public roads.<\/p>\n

Case Remains Pending<\/h2>\n

These jail entries contain accusations and do not prove guilt. Dukek is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

Readers can check the official Beltrami County inmate search<\/a> for updated custody information.<\/p>\n

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

James Dukek was booked into the Beltrami County Jail on June 27 and faces felony DWI, fleeing, and canceled-license charges in District Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35347,"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":[1223,17733,959,768,883,960,2054,151,11819],"class_list":["post-35346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-beltrami","tag-booked","tag-charges","tag-county","tag-dwi","tag-faces","tag-fleeing","tag-man","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35346","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=35346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35348,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35346\/revisions\/35348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}