{"id":57707,"date":"2026-10-09T12:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=57707"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:29:00","slug":"thief-river-falls-man-charged-after-0-28-dwi-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-man-charged-after-0-28-dwi-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls: Man Charged After 0.28 DWI Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thief River Falls: Man Charged After 0.28 DWI Test<\/h2>\n

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me)<\/a> \u2014 Shawn Joseph Rushman, 25, of Deer River, faces two charges following an October 3 police call.<\/p>\n

Rushman is charged with third-degree DWI and an open bottle violation.<\/p>\n

He was arrested after police found him sleeping inside a vehicle, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n

The case began at about 12:59 p.m. outside an apartment building on 13th Street West.<\/p>\n

Caller Reports Man Sleeping in Vehicle<\/h2>\n

Police received a report about a man sleeping inside a vehicle outside the apartment building.<\/p>\n

The caller told police the man did not live at the property.<\/p>\n

An officer arrived and woke Rushman, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

The officer allegedly noticed a strong odor of alcohol while speaking with him.<\/p>\n

During the encounter, Rushman allegedly grabbed a bottle of vodka and opened it.<\/p>\n

The complaint states the officer asked how much alcohol he had consumed.<\/p>\n

Rushman allegedly responded that he wished he had a full bottle.<\/p>\n

He declined an initial breath test, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

Police Report Alcohol Containers in Vehicle<\/h2>\n

Officers searched the vehicle during the investigation.<\/p>\n

They allegedly found an empty vodka shooter inside.<\/p>\n

Police also reportedly found a backpack filled with empty beer cans and vodka bottles.<\/p>\n

The complaint does not state how long Rushman had been inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n

It also does not describe anyone seeing him drive before police arrived.<\/p>\n

Breath Test Reportedly Shows 0.28<\/h2>\n

Rushman was taken to the Law Enforcement Center after his arrest.<\/p>\n

There, he agreed to provide a breath sample, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

The reported result was an alcohol concentration of 0.28.<\/p>\n

Rushman was then taken to the Sanford Medical Center Emergency Room.<\/p>\n

He was medically cleared before being booked into jail, the complaint states.<\/p>\n

Minnesota law treats an alcohol concentration of 0.16 or higher as a DWI aggravating factor.<\/p>\n

Third-degree DWI can apply when one aggravating factor is present.<\/p>\n

Readers can review Minnesota Statute 169A.26<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Minnesota’s open bottle law is available under Minnesota Statute 169A.35<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Charges Remain Allegations<\/h2>\n

The allegations in a criminal complaint do not establish guilt.<\/p>\n

Rushman is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through the court process.<\/p>\n

Charges may also be amended, dismissed, or otherwise changed as the case proceeds.<\/p>\n

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

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

Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n

\"Thief<\/a>
Thief River Falls: Man Charged After 0.28 DWI Test<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shawn Joseph Rushman, 25, faces third-degree DWI and open bottle charges after police say a breath test showed 0.28 in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57708,"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":[12],"tags":[26159,24115,13101,15380,12696,26010,26158,11690,22480,786],"class_list":["post-57707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-0-28-bac","tag-deer-river-minnesota","tag-minnesota-dwi-arrest","tag-open-bottle-charge","tag-pennington-county-jail","tag-shawn-joseph-rushman","tag-shawn-rushman","tag-thief-river-falls-dwi","tag-third-degree-dwi-minnesota","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57707","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=57707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57709,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57707\/revisions\/57709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}