{"id":47040,"date":"2026-09-10T15:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=47040"},"modified":"2026-09-06T06:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:24:33","slug":"detroit-lakes-coy-wentz-bovee-booked-on-dwi-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/detroit-lakes-coy-wentz-bovee-booked-on-dwi-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lakes: Coy Wentz Bovee Booked on DWI Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Detroit Lakes: Coy Wentz Bovee Booked on DWI Charge<\/h2>\n<p><strong>DETROIT LAKES, Minn.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Coy Thomas Wentz Bovee was booked into the Becker County Jail on Sept. 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Wentz Bovee, 31, faces three traffic-related charges listed in the jail record.<\/p>\n<p>The charges include third-degree DWI, a driver&#8217;s license violation, and an uninsured-vehicle allegation.<\/p>\n<p>The available booking record does not describe the traffic stop.<\/p>\n<h2>Third-Degree DWI Charge<\/h2>\n<p>The most serious listed charge is third-degree driving while impaired.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record says one aggravating factor allegedly applied.<\/p>\n<p>The charge cites Minnesota Statute 169A.26, subdivision 1(a).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 169A.26<\/a> classifies that offense as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota law recognizes several possible DWI aggravating factors.<\/p>\n<p>One involves a qualified prior impaired driving incident within ten years.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px; width: 172px; height: 162px; display: inline-block;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WENTZ-BOVEE-COY-THOMAS.jpg\" alt=\"Coy Thomas Wentz Bovee booking photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Coy Thomas Wentz Bovee | Becker County Jail booking photo<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another involves an alcohol concentration of 0.16 or higher.<\/p>\n<p>A qualifying child passenger can also be an aggravating factor.<\/p>\n<p>The booking information does not identify which factor allegedly applied.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not provide an alleged alcohol concentration.<\/p>\n<h2>License and Insurance Charges<\/h2>\n<p>Wentz Bovee also faces a charge under Minnesota Statute 171.02, subdivision 1(a).<\/p>\n<p>The jail description references no valid Minnesota license or the wrong license class or type.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/171.02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State law<\/a> requires a valid license for the vehicle being driven.<\/p>\n<p>A third charge cites Minnesota Statute 169.797, subdivision 3.<\/p>\n<p>That count alleges operating a vehicle without required insurance coverage.<\/p>\n<p>The statute applies when a driver knows, or should know, required coverage is not in effect.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169.797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 169.797<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<h2>Becker County Jail Booking<\/h2>\n<p>The Becker County Jail is located at 1428 Stony Road in Detroit Lakes.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckercountymn.gov\/dept\/sheriff\/jail.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official Becker County Jail website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The county also provides current inmate information through its sheriff&#8217;s office website.<\/p>\n<p>No estimated release date was listed in the booking information provided.<\/p>\n<p>No police officer names are included in this report.<\/p>\n<h2>Charges Remain Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>A jail booking does not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against Wentz Bovee remain allegations unless proven through the court process.<\/p>\n<p>The available jail record does not provide a final court judgment.<\/p>\n<p>Additional court filings may provide more information about the alleged incident.<\/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>Coy Thomas Wentz Bovee, 31, was booked in Detroit Lakes on Sept. 4 on DWI, license and uninsured-vehicle charges, jail records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47041,"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":[1116,10912,24516,24517,3019,1314,24518,1326,786,7771],"class_list":["post-47040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-becker-county-jail","tag-becker-county-minnesota","tag-coy-thomas-wentz-bovee","tag-coy-wentz-bovee","tag-detroit-lakes-mn","tag-minnesota-dwi","tag-no-valid-license","tag-third-degree-dwi","tag-trf-news","tag-uninsured-vehicle","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47040","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=47040"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47043,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47040\/revisions\/47043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}