{"id":51848,"date":"2026-09-19T16:48:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T21:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=51848"},"modified":"2026-09-14T07:29:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:29:34","slug":"detroit-lakes-travis-newman-faces-second-degree-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/detroit-lakes-travis-newman-faces-second-degree-dwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lakes: Travis Newman Faces Second-Degree DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Detroit Lakes: Travis Newman Faces Second-Degree DWI<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Detroit Lakes (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Travis Joel Newman, 39, was booked into the Becker County Jail on September 12, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record lists alcohol-related DWI allegations and a driving-after-revocation charge.<\/p>\n<p>One entry alleges second-degree driving while impaired with two or more aggravating factors.<\/p>\n<p>Another alleges an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or higher within two hours of driving.<\/p>\n<p>The third listed offense involves driving after license revocation.<\/p>\n<p>No estimated release date was shown in the booking information.<\/p>\n<h2>Second-Degree DWI Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>The most serious listed DWI offense falls under Minnesota Statute 169A.25, subdivision 1(a).<\/p>\n<p>That law applies when two or more aggravating factors accompany a DWI violation.<\/p>\n<p>Second-degree DWI is classified as a gross misdemeanor in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 169A.25<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<p>The jail information does not identify the specific aggravating factors alleged in Newman&#8217;s case.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px auto;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: inline-block;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NEWMAN-TRAVIS-JOEL.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Joel Newman booking photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Travis Joel Newman<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It also does not provide details about prior driving history or other circumstances.<\/p>\n<h2>Alcohol Concentration Charge<\/h2>\n<p>The booking also lists Minnesota Statute 169A.20, subdivision 1(5).<\/p>\n<p>The provision applies when alcohol concentration reaches 0.08 or higher.<\/p>\n<p>The measurement can be taken while driving or within two hours afterward.<\/p>\n<p>The full DWI statute is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The jail record does not provide Newman&#8217;s alleged test result.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not describe the traffic stop or alleged driving conduct.<\/p>\n<h2>Driving After Revocation<\/h2>\n<p>Newman also faces a driving-after-revocation allegation under Minnesota Statute 171.24, subdivision 2(a).<\/p>\n<p>The law applies when a person knowingly drives while their driving privilege is revoked.<\/p>\n<p>The standard offense under paragraph (a) is a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/171.24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 171.24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Booked in Becker County<\/h2>\n<p>Newman was booked at the Becker County Jail in Detroit Lakes.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckercountymn.gov\/dept\/sheriff\/jail.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Becker County Jail<\/a> is located at 1428 Stony Road.<\/p>\n<p>No police officer names are included in this report.<\/p>\n<p>A jail booking does not establish guilt on any listed charge.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations against Travis Joel Newman remain pending through the court process.<\/p>\n<p>Newman is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travis Joel Newman, 39, was booked Sept. 12 in Detroit Lakes on second-degree DWI and driving-after-revocation charges, jail records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51849,"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":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16518],"tags":[8935,9067,17937,1116,1109,1322,1314,1334,25051,25052],"class_list":["post-51848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-169a-20","tag-169a-25","tag-becker-county-arrests","tag-becker-county-jail","tag-detroit-lakes-minnesota","tag-driving-after-revocation","tag-minnesota-dwi","tag-second-degree-dwi","tag-travis-joel-newman","tag-travis-newman","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51848","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=51848"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51851,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51848\/revisions\/51851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}