{"id":35882,"date":"2026-07-04T12:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T17:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=35882"},"modified":"2026-07-01T05:43:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:43:33","slug":"cass-lake-man-booked-on-second-degree-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/cass-lake-man-booked-on-second-degree-dwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Cass Lake Man Booked on Second-Degree DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cass Lake Man Booked on Second-Degree DWI<\/h2>\n

Cass Lake<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Cass Lake man was booked into the Cass County Jail early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Thomas Brown, 41, was booked at 3:29 a.m. on July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

The jail entry lists one count of second-degree driving while impaired.<\/p>\n

The listed charge involves two or more aggravating factors.<\/p>\n

Second-Degree DWI Charge<\/h2>\n

The entry cites Minnesota Statute 169A.25, subdivision 1(a).<\/p>\n

That law covers second-degree DWI cases involving two or more aggravating factors.<\/p>\n

Minnesota law classifies second-degree DWI as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

The booking information does not identify the alleged aggravating factors.<\/p>\n

The record also does not describe the reported traffic stop.<\/p>\n

It does not list a road, vehicle, alcohol reading, or reported crash.<\/p>\n

No injuries were listed in the information provided for this report.<\/p>\n

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Jeffrey Thomas Brown booking photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Case Remains Pending<\/h2>\n

Brown was identified as an adult arrestee in the jail entry.<\/p>\n

A jail booking documents an arrest and custody entry.<\/p>\n

It does not establish guilt or prove the allegation.<\/p>\n

The charge remains pending unless Brown enters a plea or is convicted in court.<\/p>\n

A judge may later address bail, release terms, and future hearings.<\/p>\n

The information supplied did not include a court file number.<\/p>\n

It also did not include a first court appearance date.<\/p>\n

Court filings may provide more facts after the case is formally entered.<\/p>\n

Those records may include a criminal complaint and a hearing schedule.<\/p>\n

Official Public Resources<\/h2>\n

Readers can review Minnesota Statute 169A.25<\/a> through the state Revisor of Statutes.<\/p>\n

The law explains the elements and penalty level for second-degree DWI.<\/p>\n

Cass County provides jail and in-custody information<\/a> on its official website.<\/p>\n

Public court updates may appear on Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The court service warns that online records are not certified court records.<\/p>\n

It also warns that pending cases may not appear during a name search.<\/p>\n

Few Arrest Details Released<\/h2>\n

The jail entry does not explain which aggravating factors were alleged.<\/p>\n

It also does not provide information about Brown\u2019s prior record.<\/p>\n

Aggravating factors are legal elements that can affect the level of a DWI charge.<\/p>\n

Those allegations must still be addressed through the court process.<\/p>\n

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

Jeffrey Thomas Brown, 41, of Cass Lake, was booked into the Cass County Jail on a second-degree DWI charge involving aggravating factors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35883,"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":[17733,767,883,1455,151,11819,1066],"class_list":["post-35882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-cass","tag-dwi","tag-lake","tag-man","tag-recently","tag-seconddegree","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35882","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=35882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35884,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35882\/revisions\/35884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}