{"id":36948,"date":"2026-07-09T10:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=36948"},"modified":"2026-07-08T04:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:52:33","slug":"thief-river-falls-kayleigh-holmes-faces-dwi-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-kayleigh-holmes-faces-dwi-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls: Kayleigh Holmes Faces DWI Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Thief River Falls: Kayleigh Holmes Faces DWI Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>THIEF RIVER FALLS<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Kayleigh Holmes was booked into the Pennington County Jail on July 7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists four gross misdemeanor charges under case number 26321048.<\/p>\n<p>The charges include second-degree driving while impaired and two additional DWI counts.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth charge alleges child endangerment in a situation that could cause harm or death.<\/p>\n<h2>Four Charges Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The second-degree DWI charge cites Minnesota Statute 169A.25, subdivision 1(a).<\/p>\n<p>That law applies when two or more aggravating factors are present during an alleged DWI offense.<\/p>\n<p>The public booking entry does not identify the two alleged aggravating factors.<\/p>\n<p>Another count alleges Holmes operated a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>A separate count alleges an alcohol concentration of at least 0.08 within two hours of driving.<\/p>\n<p>The child endangerment charge cites Minnesota Statute 609.378, subdivision 1(b)(1).<\/p>\n<p>That section covers conduct that allegedly places a child in a situation likely to cause substantial harm.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px auto;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/incustodysearch.penningtonsheriff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<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\/HolmesKayleigh.jpg\" alt=\"Kayleigh Holmes booking photo\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><figcaption><em>Kayleigh Holmes booking photo. Click the image to open the official inmate search.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Booking and Court Information<\/h2>\n<p>The record lists Holmes as 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing 135 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>It lists brown hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The bail or fine field shows $0.00 in the supplied booking record.<\/p>\n<p>No court date was listed when the information was provided.<\/p>\n<p>Pennington County District Court is listed as the court branch.<\/p>\n<p>The court is located at the Pennington County Justice Center in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the second-degree DWI law through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Revisor\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The underlying DWI law appears under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 169A.20<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The child endangerment law appears under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 609.378<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Official court information is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/find-courts\/pennington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Allegations Remain Pending<\/h2>\n<p>The booking record does not describe the traffic stop or identify the alleged driving location.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not explain the facts behind the child endangerment allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Additional facts may appear in a criminal complaint or later court filings.<\/p>\n<p>Jail and court information can change as the case moves forward.<\/p>\n<p>A booking record is not proof of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/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>Kayleigh Holmes was booked in Pennington County on four gross misdemeanor charges, including second-degree DWI and child endangerment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36949,"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":[17733,959,883,960,827,5204,20721,11819,824,825],"class_list":["post-36948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-charges","tag-dwi","tag-faces","tag-falls","tag-holmes","tag-kayleigh","tag-recently","tag-river","tag-thief","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36948","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=36948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36950,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36948\/revisions\/36950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}