{"id":36940,"date":"2026-07-09T04:19:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=36940"},"modified":"2026-07-08T04:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:39:29","slug":"thief-river-falls-dangelo-benais-booked-on-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-dangelo-benais-booked-on-dwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls: D\u2019Angelo Benais Booked on DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Thief River Falls: D\u2019Angelo Benais Booked on DWI<\/h2>\n<p><strong>THIEF RIVER FALLS<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 D\u2019Angelo Benais was booked into the Pennington County Jail on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists one gross misdemeanor driving while impaired charge. The charge cites Minnesota Statute 169A.20, subdivision 1, clause 5.<\/p>\n<p>That law covers drivers with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or higher. The test must occur while driving or within two hours.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied record does not list the alleged driving location. It also provides no details about the traffic stop.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Details<\/h2>\n<p>Jail records list Benais at 5 feet, 10 inches tall and 170 pounds. The record lists black hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The bail or fine amount was listed as $0.00. No court date appeared in the available booking details.<\/p>\n<p>The case number is 26000131. The record lists Pennington County District Court as the court branch.<\/p>\n<p>The custody date shows when the jail recorded the booking. It may not show when the alleged incident occurred.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/incustodysearch.penningtonsheriff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BenaisDAngelo.jpg\" alt=\"D'Angelo Benais booking photo\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>D\u2019Angelo Benais booking photo. Click the image to open the official inmate search.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Charge and Court Information<\/h2>\n<p>The booking entry alleges operation of a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or higher. It states the concentration was measured within two hours.<\/p>\n<p>The official law is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Revisor\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can also review information from the <a href=\"https:\/\/co.pennington.mn.us\/index.php\/services\/district-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pennington County District Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penningtonsheriff.org\/index.php\/72-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pennington County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> provides jail information online.<\/p>\n<p>Custody details may change as new information becomes available. A jail listing may not include every fact later presented in court.<\/p>\n<p>An arrest or booking does not prove guilt. Benais is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>A court may later address release terms, hearings, evidence, and other case issues. Those decisions were not included in the supplied record.<\/p>\n<p>Future court filings could provide more details about the allegation. They could also identify the next scheduled hearing.<\/p>\n<p>TRF News will update this report when more verified public information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole, reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u2019Angelo Benais was booked into the Pennington County Jail on a gross misdemeanor DWI charge, according to jail custody information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36941,"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":[15056,17733,20672,883,827,11819,824,825],"class_list":["post-36940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-benais","tag-booked","tag-dangelo","tag-dwi","tag-falls","tag-recently","tag-river","tag-thief","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36940","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=36940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36942,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36940\/revisions\/36942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}