{"id":40880,"date":"2026-07-31T08:49:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=40880"},"modified":"2026-07-30T05:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:18:11","slug":"bemidji-jail-books-john-iverson-on-dwi-counts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/bemidji-jail-books-john-iverson-on-dwi-counts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji Jail Books John Iverson on DWI Counts"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Bemidji Jail Books John Iverson on DWI Counts<\/h2>\n<p><strong>BEMIDJI<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 John Iverson was booked into the Beltrami County Jail on July 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record lists two gross misdemeanor traffic charges under case number 26-403668.<\/p>\n<p>Both charges were assigned to District Court. No court date appeared in the supplied booking information.<\/p>\n<h2>Second-Degree DWI Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>The first charge alleges second-degree driving while impaired involving refusal to submit to chemical testing.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record cites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 169A.25, subdivision 1(b)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That section applies to alleged test refusal when one aggravating factor was present.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota law classifies second-degree DWI as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>The jail entry does not identify the alleged aggravating factor.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"max-width: 500px; margin: 25px auto; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; width: 167px; max-width: 500px; height: 172px; margin: 0px auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IversonJohn.png\" alt=\"John Iverson Beltrami County Jail booking image\" \/><figcaption style=\"margin-top: 8px;\">John Iverson | Beltrami County Jail booking image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The record provides no test request details or information about the alleged driving conduct.<\/p>\n<p>No crash, injury, passenger, or vehicle information appeared in the supplied record.<\/p>\n<p>The record also does not name the agency connected to the booking.<\/p>\n<h2>License-Cancellation Charge<\/h2>\n<p>Iverson also faces an alleged driving-after-cancellation charge.<\/p>\n<p>The jail describes the cancellation as being \u201cinimical to public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The charge is listed under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/171.24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 171.24, subdivision 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The statute classifies the listed offense as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>The booking information does not explain when the license cancellation began.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not state the reason for the underlying cancellation.<\/p>\n<h2>Custody and Court Information<\/h2>\n<p>Iverson entered custody on July 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record showed $0.00 in the bail or fine field.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied entry did not explain that amount or list any release conditions.<\/p>\n<p>No scheduled court date appeared in the record. Both allegations were directed to District Court.<\/p>\n<p>Readers may check the <a href=\"https:\/\/inmates.co.beltrami.mn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beltrami County inmate locator<\/a> for updated custody information.<\/p>\n<p>Public court information may appear through <a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/access-case-records\/mcro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Online records can change after hearings, filings, or release decisions.<\/p>\n<h2>Charges Remain Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking does not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against Iverson remain allegations unless proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>Iverson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office warns that online jail information may contain errors.<\/p>\n<p>Readers should not rely on the booking record alone for legal action.<\/p>\n<p>This report is based only on the supplied jail information.<\/p>\n<p>It does not include a police report, complaint, or court testimony.<\/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>John Iverson was booked into the Beltrami County Jail in Bemidji on alleged second-degree DWI refusal and license-cancellation charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40882,"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":[5260,17347,2172,2891,21989,1314,1334],"class_list":["post-40880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-beltrami-county-jail","tag-bemidji-dwi-arrest","tag-chemical-test-refusal","tag-driving-after-cancellation","tag-john-iverson","tag-minnesota-dwi","tag-second-degree-dwi","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40880","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=40880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40883,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40880\/revisions\/40883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}