{"id":36398,"date":"2026-07-06T12:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=36398"},"modified":"2026-07-04T08:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T13:12:40","slug":"fergus-falls-jail-books-dakota-komestakes-on-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/fergus-falls-jail-books-dakota-komestakes-on-dwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Fergus Falls Jail Books Dakota Komestakes on DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fergus Falls Jail Books Dakota Komestakes on DWI<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fergus Falls<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Dakota Michael Nuth Komestakes, 20, was booked into the Otter Tail County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>The booking date was July 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record lists four active alcohol-related driving allegations. His booking number is 002600000598.<\/p>\n<h2>Second-Degree DWI Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>The most serious listed count is second-degree driving while impaired.<\/p>\n<p>The record classifies that allegation as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>The charge appears under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 169A.25, subdivision 1(a)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That section covers DWI cases involving two or more aggravating factors.<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry does not identify those alleged factors.<\/p>\n<p>It also provides no details about any prior incidents.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Alcohol-Related Counts<\/h2>\n<p>A second count alleges operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>That allegation appears under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 169A.20, subdivision 1(1)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Komestakes-Dakota-Michael.jpg\" alt=\"Dakota Michael Nuth Komestakes booking photo\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\">Dakota Michael Nuth Komestakes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A third count alleges an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or higher within two hours.<\/p>\n<p>That count is listed under Minnesota Statute 169A.20, subdivision 1(5).<\/p>\n<p>The fourth allegation is underage drinking and driving.<\/p>\n<p>It appears under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 169A.33, subdivision 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record classifies the final three allegations as misdemeanors.<\/p>\n<h2>Limited Details Available<\/h2>\n<p>The supplied entry does not identify the arresting agency.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not name any officers.<\/p>\n<p>No location for the alleged driving conduct appears in the record.<\/p>\n<p>The entry does not describe a traffic stop, crash, injury, or property damage.<\/p>\n<p>It also provides no test results beyond the wording of the listed charge.<\/p>\n<p>No court date, bail amount, or release conditions appear in the supplied information.<\/p>\n<p>More details may become available through later court filings or updated jail records.<\/p>\n<h2>Official Records<\/h2>\n<p>Readers can check the <a href=\"https:\/\/ottertailcounty.gov\/public-safety-law\/detention\/jail-in-custody-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Otter Tail County in-custody list<\/a> for current information.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Revisor of Statutes provides the full legal language for each listed offense.<\/p>\n<p>A jail booking is not a finding of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Every charge remains an allegation unless proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Chris Harper, reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dakota Michael Nuth Komestakes, 20, was booked into the Otter Tail County Jail on four active alcohol-related driving allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36399,"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":[17733,7429,1772,883,827,1375,3505,20531,11819],"class_list":["post-36398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-books","tag-dakota","tag-dwi","tag-falls","tag-fergus","tag-jail","tag-komestakes","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36398","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=36398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36400,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36398\/revisions\/36400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}