{"id":39886,"date":"2026-07-29T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=39886"},"modified":"2026-07-25T06:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:54:34","slug":"clearwater-county-woman-faces-dwi-drug-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/clearwater-county-woman-faces-dwi-drug-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearwater County Woman Faces DWI, Drug Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Clearwater County Woman Faces DWI, Drug Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Clearwater County (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 A 62-year-old woman was recently booked into the Clearwater County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>Karen Dukek was booked at 10:03 a.m. on July 24, 2026. Jail records list two alleged offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations include driving while impaired and fifth-degree controlled substance possession.<\/p>\n<h2>DWI Allegation Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The booking record lists a DWI allegation under Minnesota Statute 169A.20.1(7).<\/p>\n<p>The law covers operating or controlling a vehicle with certain controlled substances in the body.<\/p>\n<p>The listed allegation excludes cannabis and hemp substances.<\/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\/DUKEK-KAREN1.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Dukek booking photo\" \/><em>Karen Dukek booking photo.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Drug Possession Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>Dukek also faces an alleged fifth-degree controlled substance offense.<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry cites Minnesota Statute 152.025.2(a)(1).<\/p>\n<p>The allegation involves possession of a Schedule I, II, III, or IV substance.<\/p>\n<p>It may also involve drug residue found in related paraphernalia.<\/p>\n<p>The allegation does not involve cannabis or hemp, according to the booking information.<\/p>\n<p>The statute can be viewed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/152.025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Legislature\u2019s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Case Remains Pending<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking records an arrest and does not prove guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Dukek is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Charges may change as prosecutors review reports and available evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Current custody information may be available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwatercountymn.gov\/inmate-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clearwater County inmate list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Dukek, 62, was booked into the Clearwater County Jail on alleged DWI and fifth-degree drug possession charges on July 24, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39887,"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":"","_mastodon_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":[17976,17558,5288,21713,955,10641],"class_list":["post-39886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-clearwater-county-arrest","tag-clearwater-county-jail","tag-fifth-degree-drug-possession","tag-karen-dukek","tag-minnesota-crime-news","tag-minnesota-dwi-charge","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39886","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=39886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39888,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39886\/revisions\/39888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}