{"id":44943,"date":"2026-08-25T10:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=44943"},"modified":"2026-08-21T05:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:30:17","slug":"thief-river-falls-aaron-judge-faces-3-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-aaron-judge-faces-3-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls: Aaron Judge Faces 3 Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thief River Falls<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Aaron Judge was listed in Pennington County Jail custody on August 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

The jail record lists three charges against Judge under case number 26000374.<\/p>\n

Two DWI-related charges are listed as felonies in the custody record.<\/p>\n

A third traffic-related charge is listed as a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

District Court is listed as the court branch handling the case.<\/p>\n

Chemical test refusal charge listed<\/h2>\n

The first charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 169A.20, subdivision 2(1).<\/p>\n

The charge alleges refusal to submit to a chemical breath test.<\/p>\n

Minnesota law makes refusing certain required chemical tests a criminal offense.<\/p>\n

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

The supplied jail record classifies this charge as a felony.<\/p>\n


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\n<\/a>Aaron Judge booking image. Pennington County Jail.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The booking information does not explain why the charge carries that severity in this case.<\/p>\n

Alcohol DWI allegation also listed<\/h2>\n

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

That provision prohibits operating or controlling a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n

The custody record also lists this DWI charge as a felony.<\/p>\n

The supplied information does not provide an alleged alcohol concentration.<\/p>\n

It also does not describe the circumstances leading to the alleged traffic incident.<\/p>\n

No testing details were included in the booking information provided for this report.<\/p>\n

Uninsured vehicle charge<\/h2>\n

Judge also faces a misdemeanor charge under Minnesota Statute 169.797, subdivision 3.<\/p>\n

That law addresses drivers who knowingly operate vehicles without required insurance coverage.<\/p>\n

The full statute is available at Minnesota Statute 169.797<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The custody record does not provide details about the vehicle or its insurance status.<\/p>\n

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

The listed bail or fine amount was $0.00.<\/p>\n

That figure reflects the jail record and may change through court action.<\/p>\n

Pennington County custody<\/h2>\n

Pennington County Corrections is located at 102 1st Street West in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n

Readers can visit the Pennington County Corrections page<\/a> for jail information.<\/p>\n

Charges, custody status, court dates, and release conditions can change as a case proceeds.<\/p>\n

Criminal charges are allegations and do not establish guilt.<\/p>\n

Judge is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/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":"

Aaron Judge was booked into the Pennington County Jail on Aug. 19, 2026, on two felony DWI-related charges and an uninsured vehicle charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44944,"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":[23525,21608,2172,13808,1314,12696,778,7771],"class_list":["post-44943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-aaron-judge","tag-alcohol-dwi","tag-chemical-test-refusal","tag-dwi-charge","tag-minnesota-dwi","tag-pennington-county-jail","tag-thief-river-falls","tag-uninsured-vehicle","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44943","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=44943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44945,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44943\/revisions\/44945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}