{"id":45742,"date":"2026-08-31T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=45742"},"modified":"2026-08-28T05:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:05:24","slug":"detroit-lakes-mackenzie-bevins-faces-dwi-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/detroit-lakes-mackenzie-bevins-faces-dwi-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lakes: Mackenzie Bevins Faces DWI Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Detroit Lakes: Mackenzie Bevins Faces DWI Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Detroit Lakes<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Mackenzie Leigh Bevins, 30, was booked into Becker County Jail on August 26, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The jail roster lists three traffic-related charges against Bevins.<\/p>\n<p>The charges include two DWI allegations and one driving-after-revocation allegation.<\/p>\n<p>No estimated release date was listed in the booking information provided.<\/p>\n<h2>Three Charges Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The first charge cites Minnesota Statute 169A.20, subdivision 1(7).<\/p>\n<p>That law covers driving when a person&#8217;s body contains certain Schedule I or II controlled substances.<\/p>\n<p>It also covers metabolites of those substances, with listed exceptions for cannabis and some hemp products.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record does not identify the substance allegedly involved.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not provide test results or details about how the substance was detected.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the statute 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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BEVINS-MACKENZIE-LEIGH.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BEVINS-MACKENZIE-LEIGH.jpg\" alt=\"Mackenzie Leigh Bevins booking photo\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>Mackenzie Leigh Bevins booking image. Source: Becker County Jail.<\/em><\/div>\n<p>The second charge cites Minnesota Statute 171.24, subdivision 2(a).<\/p>\n<p>That law covers driving after a person&#8217;s driver&#8217;s license or driving privilege has been revoked.<\/p>\n<p>The statute also requires notice, or reasonable knowledge, of the revocation.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists this allegation as an adult arrest.<\/p>\n<h2>Third-Degree DWI Alleged<\/h2>\n<p>The third charge is third-degree driving while impaired.<\/p>\n<p>The booking entry says one aggravating factor was present.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 169A.26<\/a> classifies third-degree DWI with one aggravating factor as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record does not identify the aggravating factor.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not describe where Bevins was driving.<\/p>\n<p>No crash, injury, or property damage is mentioned in the supplied jail information.<\/p>\n<p>The record also does not identify the arresting agency.<\/p>\n<h2>Becker County Jail in Detroit Lakes<\/h2>\n<p>Bevins was booked into the Becker County Jail in Detroit Lakes.<\/p>\n<p>The official Becker County website lists the jail at 1428 Stony Road.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckercountymn.gov\/dept\/sheriff\/jail.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Becker County Jail website<\/a> for custody information.<\/p>\n<p>Public court records may also provide future updates about the case.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us\/CaseSearch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a> offers access to many public district court records.<\/p>\n<p>Booking information can change as cases move through court.<\/p>\n<p>Charges can be amended, dismissed, or resolved through later proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against Bevins are allegations and do not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Bevins is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mackenzie Leigh Bevins, 30, was booked in Detroit Lakes on August 26, 2026, on DWI, drug-related DWI and driving after revocation charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45743,"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":[1116,16088,1109,1322,5285,5703,23912,23911,1326,786],"class_list":["post-45742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-becker-county-jail","tag-becker-county-news","tag-detroit-lakes-minnesota","tag-driving-after-revocation","tag-drug-dwi","tag-dwi-charges","tag-mackenzie-bevins","tag-mackenzie-leigh-bevins","tag-third-degree-dwi","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45742","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=45742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45744,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45742\/revisions\/45744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}