{"id":51932,"date":"2026-09-15T06:22:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=51932"},"modified":"2026-09-14T08:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:43:39","slug":"moorhead-craig-whaley-faces-2nd-degree-dwi-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/moorhead-craig-whaley-faces-2nd-degree-dwi-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorhead: Craig Whaley Faces 2nd-Degree DWI Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moorhead: Craig Whaley Faces 2nd-Degree DWI Charges<\/h2>\n

Moorhead (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Craig Edwin Whaley, 74, was booked into custody on September 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

The Clay County inmate record lists his booking time as 12:48 a.m.<\/p>\n

The Moorhead Police Department is listed as the arresting agency.<\/p>\n

Whaley is listed with two second-degree driving while impaired charges.<\/p>\n

One charge is described as second-degree DWI involving alcohol.<\/p>\n

The second alleges an alcohol test result of 0.08 or higher.<\/p>\n

Second-Degree DWI Charges<\/h2>\n

Minnesota defines second-degree DWI under Minnesota Statute 169A.25<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The offense is classified as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

Second-degree DWI generally involves two or more aggravating factors with a DWI violation.<\/p>\n

The booking record does not identify the aggravating factors alleged in Whaley’s case.<\/p>\n

Aggravating factors can include qualifying prior impaired-driving incidents.<\/p>\n

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\"Craig<\/p>\n

Craig Edwin Whaley<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Other circumstances defined by Minnesota law can also affect a DWI degree.<\/p>\n

The supplied roster does not provide Whaley’s prior driving history.<\/p>\n

Alcohol Test Allegation<\/h2>\n

The second listed charge involves an alleged alcohol concentration of 0.08 or higher.<\/p>\n

Minnesota Statute 169A.20<\/a> covers Minnesota’s basic DWI offenses.<\/p>\n

The law prohibits driving with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more.<\/p>\n

The level may be measured while driving or within two hours afterward.<\/p>\n

The booking record does not provide Whaley’s exact alleged test result.<\/p>\n

It also does not state which type of chemical test was used.<\/p>\n

Booked in Moorhead<\/h2>\n

Whaley was booked through the Clay County correctional system in Moorhead.<\/p>\n

The Clay County Correctional Facility<\/a> is located at 800 9th Street North.<\/p>\n

The public booking record does not describe the traffic stop.<\/p>\n

It also does not state whether a crash or injuries were involved.<\/p>\n

No police officer names are included in this report.<\/p>\n

A jail booking does not establish guilt on a criminal charge.<\/p>\n

The charges against Craig Edwin Whaley remain allegations during the court process.<\/p>\n

Whaley is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

Readers can search public cases through the Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m Adrian Cole reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Craig Edwin Whaley, 74, was booked Sept. 12 in Moorhead on two second-degree DWI counts, including an alleged alcohol test of 0.08 or higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51933,"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":[19226,1145,25094,25095,1217,1314,1242,2863,1334],"class_list":["post-51932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-alcohol-test-0-08","tag-clay-county-jail","tag-craig-edwin-whaley","tag-craig-whaley","tag-dwi-arrest","tag-minnesota-dwi","tag-moorhead-minnesota","tag-moorhead-police-department","tag-second-degree-dwi","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51932","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=51932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51935,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51932\/revisions\/51935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}