{"id":51009,"date":"2026-09-13T06:39:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=51009"},"modified":"2026-09-10T05:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:01:37","slug":"moorhead-preston-johnson-faces-dwi-911-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/moorhead-preston-johnson-faces-dwi-911-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorhead: Preston Johnson Faces DWI, 911 Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Moorhead: Preston Johnson Faces DWI, 911 Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Moorhead, Clay County (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Preston Hamadu Johnson was booked on September 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, 28, is listed with several traffic and criminal charges in the Clay County inmate roster.<\/p>\n<p>The listed allegations include fourth-degree DWI and interference with an emergency call.<\/p>\n<p>Other counts involve driving after revocation, false identification, and unlawful passing.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s booking time was listed as 3:03 a.m.<\/p>\n<h2>Fourth-Degree DWI Charge Listed<\/h2>\n<p>The roster lists a fourth-degree DWI charge involving an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more.<\/p>\n<p>The listed measurement applies at driving or within two hours afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota law classifies fourth-degree driving while impaired as a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>The roster does not provide Johnson&#8217;s specific alleged alcohol concentration.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/JOHNSON-PRESTON-HAMADU.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/JOHNSON-PRESTON-HAMADU.jpg\" alt=\"Preston Hamadu Johnson booking photo\" \/><\/a><em>Preston Hamadu Johnson \u2014 Clay County booking photo<\/em><\/div>\n<p>The roster does not describe the circumstances surrounding the alleged driving conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota&#8217;s DWI law<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<h2>911 Call Interference Alleged<\/h2>\n<p>Johnson is also listed with a charge involving interference with a 911 call.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota law prohibits intentionally interrupting, disrupting, impeding, or interfering with an emergency call.<\/p>\n<p>The law also covers intentionally preventing another person from placing an emergency call.<\/p>\n<p>The roster does not explain the circumstances behind the listed allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 609.78<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>License and False-Name Charges<\/h2>\n<p>Another listed charge alleges driving after revocation.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota law restricts driving when a person&#8217;s driving privilege has been revoked.<\/p>\n<p>The roster also lists giving a peace officer a false name, birth date, or identification card.<\/p>\n<p>No police officer names are included in this report.<\/p>\n<p>The false-identification law is available under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 609.506<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Unlawful Passing Charge<\/h2>\n<p>Johnson also faces a traffic allegation involving unlawful passing.<\/p>\n<p>The listed charge concerns passing when the lane was not clearly visible or free of oncoming traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota&#8217;s passing rules can be reviewed under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169.18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 169.18<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The roster lists both Hennepin County and the Moorhead Police Department as arresting agencies.<\/p>\n<p>A jail booking does not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Charges may change as prosecutors review evidence and court proceedings continue.<\/p>\n<p>Public case information may be available through <a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\/access-case-records\/mcro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/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>Preston Hamadu Johnson, 28, was booked Sept. 6 in Moorhead on DWI, 911 interference, false-name, license and unlawful passing charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51010,"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":[13858,1145,1322,6405,875,11030,1242,762,24752,24753,786,24754],"class_list":["post-51009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-911-interference","tag-clay-county-jail","tag-driving-after-revocation","tag-false-name-to-police","tag-fourth-degree-dwi","tag-minnesota-arrest","tag-moorhead-minnesota","tag-moorhead-police","tag-preston-hamadu-johnson","tag-preston-johnson","tag-trf-news","tag-unlawful-passing","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51009","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=51009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51011,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51009\/revisions\/51011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}