{"id":57510,"date":"2026-10-06T10:57:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=57510"},"modified":"2026-10-05T05:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T10:12:07","slug":"beltrami-county-whitefeather-faces-dwi-sex-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/beltrami-county-whitefeather-faces-dwi-sex-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltrami County: Whitefeather Faces DWI, Sex Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Beltrami County: Whitefeather Faces DWI, Sex Charge<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Beltrami County (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Terrence Whitefeather was taken into custody at the Beltrami County Jail on October 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The jail roster lists four charges tied to two separate court cases.<\/p>\n<p>Three charges involve an alleged impaired-driving incident. A separate case lists a felony third-degree criminal sexual conduct charge.<\/p>\n<h2>Third-Degree DWI And Test Refusal<\/h2>\n<p>Whitefeather is charged with third-degree driving while impaired under Minnesota Statute 169A.26.1(b).<\/p>\n<p>The jail roster describes the allegation as refusing to submit to a chemical test.<\/p>\n<p>Third-degree DWI is classified as a gross misdemeanor under Minnesota law.<\/p>\n<p>Whitefeather also faces a second gross misdemeanor DWI count under Minnesota Statute 169A.20.1(1).<\/p>\n<p>That charge alleges he operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>The charges are listed under Beltrami County case number 26405083.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhitefeatherTerrence1.png\" alt=\"Terrence Whitefeather Beltrami County Jail mugshot\" \/><em>Terrence Whitefeather \u2014 Beltrami County Jail<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Driving After Revocation Charge<\/h2>\n<p>The same case includes a misdemeanor driving after revocation charge.<\/p>\n<p>It is listed under Minnesota Statute 171.24.2(a).<\/p>\n<p>That law applies when someone allegedly drives after their license or driving privilege has been revoked.<\/p>\n<p>The statute also requires that the driver had notice, or reasonably should have known, about the revocation.<\/p>\n<h2>Separate Felony Criminal Sexual Conduct Case<\/h2>\n<p>The jail roster also lists a separate felony charge under case number 23019545.<\/p>\n<p>Whitefeather is charged under Minnesota Statute 609.344.1a(b).<\/p>\n<p>The charge is third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving alleged sexual penetration.<\/p>\n<p>The statute applies when the alleged victim is at least 14 but younger than 16.<\/p>\n<p>It also applies when the accused is more than 24 months older than the alleged victim.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the statute is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Beltrami County Jail Booking<\/h2>\n<p>The roster lists Whitefeather&#8217;s custody date as October 4.<\/p>\n<p>The listed bail or fine amount is $0.00.<\/p>\n<p>No future court date was shown in the information provided.<\/p>\n<p>The cases are listed with District Court.<\/p>\n<p>A jail booking and criminal charges do not establish guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Whitefeather is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m 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>Terrence Whitefeather was booked into the Beltrami County Jail on DWI, test refusal, driving after revocation and felony sex charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57511,"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":[5260,1224,1322,883,17650,26041,6537,11111,786],"class_list":["post-57510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-beltrami-county-jail","tag-bemidji","tag-driving-after-revocation","tag-dwi","tag-minnesota-jail","tag-terrence-whitefeather","tag-test-refusal","tag-third-degree-criminal-sexual-conduct","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57510","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=57510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57512,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57510\/revisions\/57512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}