{"id":37447,"date":"2026-07-12T11:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=37447"},"modified":"2026-07-11T10:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:35:06","slug":"clearwater-county-wendell-cloud-booked-on-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/clearwater-county-wendell-cloud-booked-on-dwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearwater County: Wendell Cloud Booked on DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Clearwater County: Wendell Cloud Booked on DWI<\/h2>\n<p><strong>CLEARWATER COUNTY<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Wendell Cloud, 23, was booked into the Clearwater County Jail on July 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The booking time was listed as 10:13 p.m. The jail record lists four alleged offenses.<\/p>\n<h2>Charges Listed in the Booking Record<\/h2>\n<p>The first allegation involves driving while impaired by cannabis or related cannabinoid products.<\/p>\n<p>The booking cites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 169A.20, subdivision 1(8)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That law addresses driving under the influence of cannabis, hemp products, artificial cannabinoids, or THC.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Replace the image URL below with the official mugshot URL before publishing. --><\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center; margin: 24px auto; max-width: 500px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto; width: 155px; max-width: 450px; height: 220px;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CLOUD-WENDELL.jpg\" alt=\"Wendell Cloud booking photo\" \/><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 8px;\">Wendell Cloud booking photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A second allegation involves driving after license revocation.<\/p>\n<p>The booking cites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/171.24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 171.24, subdivision 2(a)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The record also lists an alleged failure to appear in court.<\/p>\n<p>That allegation cites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 609.49, subdivision 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth allegation claims Cloud gave a false name, birth date, or identification card to police.<\/p>\n<p>That allegation cites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 609.506, subdivision 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The jail entry identifies Cloud as an adult male.<\/p>\n<p>It labels each listed matter as an adult arrest.<\/p>\n<p>No narrative, test result, or evidence summary accompanied the entry.<\/p>\n<h2>What the Cited Laws Cover<\/h2>\n<p>Minnesota&#8217;s DWI law covers operating or controlling a vehicle while impaired by listed substances.<\/p>\n<p>The cited clause includes cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, artificial cannabinoids, and THC.<\/p>\n<p>The revoked-license statute applies when a person drives despite a known license revocation.<\/p>\n<p>The false-name statute covers false identity details given during a lawful stop or arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The failure-to-appear statute covers certain defendants who intentionally miss a required court trial.<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry does not show whether formal complaints were filed for every listed offense.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors decide which charges proceed after reviewing reports and available evidence.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking Does Not Mean Conviction<\/h2>\n<p>Cloud&#8217;s listed status reflects an arrest and jail booking, not a court conviction.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations have not been proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through the legal process.<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry did not describe the traffic stop or its location.<\/p>\n<p>It also did not list a bond amount, court date, or final case outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Those details may appear later in official court records.<\/p>\n<p>Charges can be changed, dismissed, or resolved as the case moves through court.<\/p>\n<p>Readers should rely on verified court records for later case updates.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole, reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendell Cloud, 23, was booked into Clearwater County Jail on alleged cannabis DWI, revoked-license, false-ID, and failure-to-appear charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37448,"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":[17733,3802,2136,768,883,11819,20909],"class_list":["post-37447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-clearwater","tag-cloud","tag-county","tag-dwi","tag-recently","tag-wendell","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37447","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=37447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37449,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37447\/revisions\/37449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}