{"id":71317,"date":"2026-11-05T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=71317"},"modified":"2026-11-02T04:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T10:57:45","slug":"detroit-lakes-jail-books-richard-cummings-on-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/detroit-lakes-jail-books-richard-cummings-on-dwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lakes Jail Books Richard Cummings on DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DETROIT LAKES, MN<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2013 Richard Lee Cummings, 35, was booked into Becker County Jail on Sunday, November 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record lists a third-degree driving while impaired allegation involving one aggravating factor.<\/p>\n<p>The offense is classified as a gross misdemeanor under Minnesota law.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied jail information does not describe the events leading to Cummings&#8217; arrest.<\/p>\n<h2>Third-Degree DWI Allegation<\/h2>\n<p>According to the supplied Becker County Jail record, Cummings was arrested on an adult DWI allegation.<\/p>\n<p>The listed offense falls under Minnesota Statute 169A.26, Subdivision 1(a).<\/p>\n<p>This statute applies when someone allegedly violates Minnesota&#8217;s impaired driving law while one aggravating factor is present.<\/p>\n<p>The booking record does not identify the specific aggravating factor involved in Cummings&#8217; case.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not provide the location or time of the alleged driving incident.<\/p>\n<h2>What Minnesota Law Says<\/h2>\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Statute 169A.26<\/a>, third-degree DWI is a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>State law identifies several factors that can increase the seriousness of an impaired driving offense.<\/p>\n<p>These may include certain prior impaired driving incidents within ten years.<\/p>\n<p>Other possible factors include an alcohol concentration of 0.16 or higher or qualifying circumstances involving a child passenger.<\/p>\n<p>However, none of these specific circumstances is confirmed by the supplied booking entry.<\/p>\n<p>The record also does not identify any alcohol concentration or chemical testing results.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71318\" style=\"width: 120px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/CUMMINGS-RICHARD-LEE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71318\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/CUMMINGS-RICHARD-LEE.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Lee Cummings\" width=\"120\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Lee Cummings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Becker County Jail Booking Details<\/h2>\n<p>Cummings&#8217; booking date is listed as November 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Becker County Jail is located at 1428 Stony Road in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The facility operates under the Becker County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>No estimated release date was included in the supplied booking information.<\/p>\n<p>The record also does not identify a bond amount, court date, or criminal case number.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information may become available as the case moves through the legal process.<\/p>\n<h2>Court Records and Case Status<\/h2>\n<p>Readers can check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckercountymn.gov\/dept\/sheriff\/jail.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Becker County Jail website<\/a> for official jail information.<\/p>\n<p>Public court information may also be available through <a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us\/CaseSearch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Court Records Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The supplied booking entry does not establish whether formal criminal charges have been filed in court.<\/p>\n<p>A jail booking does not establish that a person committed a crime.<\/p>\n<p>Cummings is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.<\/p>\n<p>Further details surrounding the allegation were not available in the supplied record.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Lee Cummings, 35, was booked into Becker County Jail on November 1, 2026, on a third-degree DWI allegation involving one aggravating factor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71319,"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":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_google_business_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":[913,914,883,16553,30884],"trf_mt_town":[29461],"trf_mt_county":[29534],"trf_mt_topic":[29493,29584],"trf_mt_series":[],"class_list":["post-71317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recently-booked","tag-becker-county","tag-detroit-lakes","tag-dwi","tag-jail-booking","tag-richard-lee-cummings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71317","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=71317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71320,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71317\/revisions\/71320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71317"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_town","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_town?post=71317"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_county","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_county?post=71317"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_topic?post=71317"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_series?post=71317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}