{"id":38579,"date":"2026-07-20T04:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=38579"},"modified":"2026-07-19T06:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:13:58","slug":"clearwater-county-man-booked-on-dwi-fleeing-counts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/clearwater-county-man-booked-on-dwi-fleeing-counts\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearwater County Man Booked on DWI, Fleeing Counts"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Clearwater County Man Booked on DWI, Fleeing Counts<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Clearwater County (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 A 21-year-old man was booked into the Clearwater County Jail on July 18.<\/p>\n<p>Jail information identified the man as Blaise Neeland Jr.<\/p>\n<p>The booking was recorded at 12:58 p.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Neeland faces allegations involving impaired driving and fleeing a peace officer.<\/p>\n<h2>Drug-Related DWI Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>The first listed allegation falls under Minnesota Statute 169A.20, subdivision 1(7).<\/p>\n<p>The statute covers driving with certain controlled substances or their metabolites in the body.<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry excludes cannabis and hemp from the listed allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the law through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NEELAND-BLAISE-JR1.jpg\" alt=\"Blaise Neeland Jr. booking photo\" \/><em>Blaise Neeland Jr. | Clearwater County Jail booking photo<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Fleeing Allegation Also Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The jail record also lists fleeing a peace officer by means other than a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>That allegation was recorded under Minnesota Statute 609.487, subdivision 6.<\/p>\n<p>The law addresses alleged attempts to flee an officer on foot or through another non-vehicle method.<\/p>\n<p>The full statute is available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Case Remains Pending<\/h2>\n<p>The available booking details do not describe the events leading to Neeland\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>They also do not list a court date, bail amount, or formal case outcome.<\/p>\n<p>A jail booking records an arrest and does not prove guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Neeland is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through the court process.<\/p>\n<p>Charges may be changed, reduced, or dismissed as prosecutors review the case.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information may become available through future court filings.<\/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><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 21-year-old man was booked in Clearwater County on alleged drug-related DWI and non-vehicle fleeing charges after a July 18 arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38580,"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":"","_bluesky_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":[17733,3802,2960,768,883,2054,151,11819],"class_list":["post-38579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-booked","tag-clearwater","tag-counts","tag-county","tag-dwi","tag-fleeing","tag-man","tag-recently","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38579","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=38579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38581,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38579\/revisions\/38581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}