{"id":53030,"date":"2026-09-26T17:32:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T22:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=53030"},"modified":"2026-09-18T05:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:59:30","slug":"moorhead-kristen-thompson-booked-on-4th-degree-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/moorhead-kristen-thompson-booked-on-4th-degree-dwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorhead: Kristen Thompson Booked on 4th-Degree DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moorhead: Kristen Thompson Booked on 4th-Degree DWI<\/h2>\n

Moorhead (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Kristen Mary Thompson, 37, was booked into custody on September 16, 2026.<\/p>\n

Clay County jail records list her booking time as 1:14 p.m.<\/p>\n

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

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

The booking record lists one fourth-degree driving while impaired charge.<\/p>\n

The roster describes the offense as involving a controlled substance.<\/p>\n

Fourth-Degree DWI Charge<\/h2>\n

Minnesota law addresses fourth-degree driving while impaired under Statute 169A.27.<\/p>\n

The law classifies fourth-degree DWI as a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

The charge applies to certain violations of Minnesota’s general driving while impaired law.<\/p>\n

Minnesota’s DWI law covers several forms of alcohol and controlled-substance impairment.<\/p>\n

Some provisions address driving while under the influence of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n

Other provisions address certain controlled substances or metabolites found in a driver’s body.<\/p>\n

The Clay County roster does not identify the specific substance alleged in Thompson’s case.<\/p>\n


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\n<\/a>Kristen Mary Thompson \u2014 Clay County booking photo<\/figure>\n

It also does not identify the exact DWI subsection supporting the booking charge.<\/p>\n

No test result is listed in the public booking information.<\/p>\n

The record does not describe the traffic stop or events before Thompson’s arrest.<\/p>\n

Readers can review Minnesota Statute 169A.27<\/a> for fourth-degree DWI law.<\/p>\n

The broader DWI law is available under Minnesota Statute 169A.20<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thompson Booked in Clay County<\/h2>\n

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

The facility houses minimum, medium, and maximum security inmates.<\/p>\n

Clay County lists the facility as having 220 beds.<\/p>\n

More information is available through the Clay County Correctional Facility website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The jail roster lists Thompson’s age as 37.<\/p>\n

Her booking date is September 16, 2026.<\/p>\n

The supplied entry does not list a release date.<\/p>\n

It also does not provide a final court disposition.<\/p>\n

Public court information may appear through Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jail and court records can change as a case moves forward.<\/p>\n

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

The final outcome is determined through the court process.<\/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":"

Kristen Mary Thompson, 37, was booked in Moorhead on Sept. 16 on a fourth-degree DWI controlled-substance charge, Clay County records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53031,"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":[1145,10796,875,25362,25363,1314,18959,1242],"class_list":["post-53030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-clay-county-jail","tag-controlled-substance-dwi","tag-fourth-degree-dwi","tag-kristen-mary-thompson","tag-kristen-thompson","tag-minnesota-dwi","tag-moorhead-arrest","tag-moorhead-minnesota","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53030","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=53030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53032,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53030\/revisions\/53032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}