{"id":37294,"date":"2026-07-12T06:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=37294"},"modified":"2026-07-10T05:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:36:16","slug":"bemidji-richard-johnson-booked-on-dwi-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/bemidji-richard-johnson-booked-on-dwi-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji: Richard Johnson Booked on DWI Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bemidji: Richard Johnson Booked on DWI Charge<\/h2>\n

BEMIDJI<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Richard Johnson was booked into the Beltrami County Jail on July 9, 2026.<\/p>\n

The jail record lists one alleged misdemeanor driving while impaired charge.<\/p>\n

The charge concerns operating a motor vehicle with a controlled substance or its metabolite in the body.<\/p>\n

The listed statute is Minnesota Statute 169A.20, subdivision 1(7).<\/p>\n

The booking entry excludes cannabis, hemp products, and tetrahydrocannabinols from the listed allegation.<\/p>\n

Booking Details<\/h2>\n

Johnson is listed as 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighing 145 pounds.<\/p>\n

The record lists black hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n

His custody date was July 9, 2026.<\/p>\n

The jail case number is 2026010733.<\/p>\n

The bail or fine field displayed $0.00 when the information was provided.<\/p>\n

That amount does not explain Johnson\u2019s release status or any future court conditions.<\/p>\n

No court date appeared in the supplied booking information.<\/p>\n

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Booking photo: Beltrami County Jail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Charge Listed in the Record<\/h2>\n

Minnesota law bars driving with any amount of certain Schedule I or Schedule II substances.<\/p>\n

The law also covers metabolites from those substances.<\/p>\n

However, the listed section excludes cannabis flower, cannabis products, hemp products, and tetrahydrocannabinols.<\/p>\n

The supplied jail record classifies Johnson\u2019s charge as a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

It does not identify the substance involved.<\/p>\n

It also does not describe the traffic stop or the events leading to custody.<\/p>\n

Readers can review Minnesota Statute 169A.20<\/a> through the state Revisor of Statutes.<\/p>\n

Court and Custody Information<\/h2>\n

The court branch is listed as Beltrami County District Court.<\/p>\n

The court is located at the Beltrami County Judicial Center in Bemidji.<\/p>\n

Updated court information may appear on the Beltrami County District Court website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Readers can also check the Beltrami County inmate locator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Custody records and hearing schedules can change without notice.<\/p>\n

A booking record is not proof of guilt.<\/p>\n

Johnson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

Charges may be amended, reduced, or dismissed as the case proceeds.<\/p>\n

Official court records should be used for the latest case information.<\/p>\n

I’m Adrian Cole, reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard Johnson was booked into Beltrami County Jail on July 9, 2026, on an alleged misdemeanor drug-related DWI charge, records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37295,"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":[1224,17733,848,883,748,11819,907],"class_list":["post-37294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-bemidji","tag-booked","tag-charge","tag-dwi","tag-johnson","tag-recently","tag-richard","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37294","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=37294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37296,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37294\/revisions\/37296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}