{"id":51865,"date":"2026-09-19T08:44:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=51865"},"modified":"2026-09-14T07:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:48:57","slug":"backus-brandon-hines-faces-three-license-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/backus-brandon-hines-faces-three-license-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Backus: Brandon Hines Faces Three License Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Backus: Brandon Hines Faces Three License Charges<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Backus (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Brandon Ervin Hines, 39, of Backus, was arrested on September 12, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists the arrest time as 6:53 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Hines has three license-related entries listed in the booking information.<\/p>\n<p>Two entries allege driving after suspension.<\/p>\n<p>A third alleges driving after cancellation as inimical to public safety.<\/p>\n<h2>Two Driving After Suspension Counts<\/h2>\n<p>The first two charges are listed under Minnesota Statute 171.24, subdivision 1.<\/p>\n<p>That section covers driving while a person&#8217;s driver&#8217;s license or driving privilege is suspended.<\/p>\n<p>The law also requires notice or reasonable knowledge that the suspension exists.<\/p>\n<p>A standard violation under subdivision 1 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> through the Minnesota Revisor.<\/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\/Hines-Brandon-Ervin.png\" alt=\"Brandon Ervin Hines booking photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Brandon Ervin Hines<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The booking record lists two separate entries under the same statutory provision.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied information does not explain whether the counts involve separate incidents.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not provide locations for the alleged driving offenses.<\/p>\n<h2>Driving After Cancellation Charge<\/h2>\n<p>The third charge is listed under Minnesota Statute 171.24, subdivision 5.<\/p>\n<p>The booking describes the offense as driving after cancellation as inimical to public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Subdivision 5 applies when a qualifying driver&#8217;s license or driving privilege has been canceled or denied.<\/p>\n<p>The driver must also know, or reasonably should know, about the cancellation or denial.<\/p>\n<p>A violation of subdivision 5 is classified as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>The booking information does not explain why Hines&#8217; driving privilege was canceled.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not provide details about the events leading to his arrest.<\/p>\n<h2>Backus Resident Listed in Booking<\/h2>\n<p>The booking information identifies Hines as a resident of Backus, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Information about Backus is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofbackusmn.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Backus<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p>No police officer names are included in this report.<\/p>\n<p>An arrest does not establish guilt on any criminal charge.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against Brandon Ervin Hines remain allegations during the court process.<\/p>\n<p>Hines is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information may become available through later court filings or updated custody records.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can search public cases through the <a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/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>Brandon Ervin Hines, 39, of Backus, was arrested Sept. 12 on two driving-after-suspension counts and one driving-after-cancellation charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51866,"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":[12724,25060,25061,2891,12695,10079,11030,10790],"class_list":["post-51865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-backus-minnesota","tag-brandon-ervin-hines","tag-brandon-hines","tag-driving-after-cancellation","tag-driving-after-suspension","tag-inimical-to-public-safety","tag-minnesota-arrest","tag-minnesota-statute-171-24","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51865","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=51865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51868,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51865\/revisions\/51868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}