{"id":36966,"date":"2026-07-09T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=36966"},"modified":"2026-07-08T05:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:46:20","slug":"crookston-jail-books-judge-on-felony-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/crookston-jail-books-judge-on-felony-dwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Crookston Jail Books Judge on Felony DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Crookston Jail Books Judge on Felony DWI<\/h2>\n<p><strong>CROOKSTON<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Aaron Ray Judge was recently booked into the Polk County Jail in Crookston.<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry lists July 4, 2026, as the custody date. It lists Judge\u2019s birth date as November 1, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Judge faces a felony charge of first-degree driving while impaired. The entry cites Minnesota Statute 169A.24, subdivision 1, clause 2.<\/p>\n<h2>Charge Listed in Booking Record<\/h2>\n<p>The jail entry describes the charge as first-degree DWI. It also references a previous felony DWI conviction.<\/p>\n<p>The brief entry does not describe the reported traffic stop. It does not list any alcohol or drug test results.<\/p>\n<p>No bond amount was included in the information provided. The entry also did not list a first court appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota law makes first-degree DWI a felony. Clause 2 applies after a prior felony conviction under the same section.<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry does not include the earlier court file. It also does not provide the reported conviction date.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the cited law through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px auto; max-width: 700px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; width: 265px; max-width: 600px; height: 353px; margin: 0px auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JUDGE-AARON-RAY.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Ray Judge booking photo\" \/><figcaption style=\"margin-top: 8px;\">Aaron Ray Judge booking photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Case Remains Pending<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking records a person\u2019s entry into custody. It does not establish guilt in the new case.<\/p>\n<p>Judge is presumed innocent unless the current charge is proven in court. The charge may change during later proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>A criminal complaint may explain the alleged driving conduct. It may also list test results and the traffic stop location.<\/p>\n<p>Court records may later show bond terms, hearing dates, motions, and case outcomes. Some documents may not appear online immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Public case information may be available through <a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/access-case-records\/mcro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The service includes many public district court records. Access to some documents may be limited under state rules.<\/p>\n<p>Readers may also visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polkcountymn.gov\/221\/Sheriffs-Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p>This report is based only on the booking information provided. It does not include a complaint or incident report.<\/p>\n<p>Official court records should be checked for later updates. Those records may show changes to the charge or custody status.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole, reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Ray Judge was booked into Polk County Jail on July 4, 2026, on a felony first-degree DWI charge tied to a prior felony DWI conviction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36967,"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":[17733,7429,892,883,961,3505,6088,11819],"class_list":["post-36966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-books","tag-crookston","tag-dwi","tag-felony","tag-jail","tag-judge","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36966","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=36966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36968,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36966\/revisions\/36968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}