{"id":72025,"date":"2026-11-06T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=72025"},"modified":"2026-11-06T06:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T12:54:59","slug":"thief-river-falls-dwi-stop-badger-man-blows-0-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-dwi-stop-badger-man-blows-0-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls DWI Stop: Badger Man Blows 0.13"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2013 A 52-year-old Badger man faces a gross misdemeanor DWI charge following a traffic stop in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n

Dennys Giovanni Rivera Carbonell, 52, of Badger, was arrested October 23, 2026, after a Minnesota State Patrol trooper stopped his vehicle.<\/p>\n

According to the criminal complaint, Rivera Carbonell recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 0.13 during an evidentiary breath test.<\/p>\n

Trooper Stops Driver Near Greenwood and Kendall<\/h2>\n

The incident occurred near the intersection of Greenwood Street and Kendall Avenue in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, the trooper noticed signs of possible alcohol impairment while interacting with Rivera Carbonell.<\/p>\n

The complaint did not specify the initial reason for the traffic stop.<\/p>\n

During questioning, Rivera Carbonell reportedly admitted he had consumed three beers before the encounter.<\/p>\n

Based on the suspected impairment, the trooper conducted field sobriety testing.<\/p>\n

Breath Tests Reveal Alcohol Concentration Above Legal Limit<\/h2>\n

According to the complaint, Rivera Carbonell failed the field sobriety tests administered during the traffic stop.<\/p>\n

The trooper then administered a preliminary breath test.<\/p>\n

That test reportedly showed a blood alcohol concentration of 0.129.<\/p>\n

Rivera Carbonell was subsequently taken to the Pennington County Law Enforcement Center.<\/p>\n

At the facility, an evidentiary DataMaster breath test produced a result of 0.13 BAC.<\/p>\n

Minnesota’s standard legal alcohol concentration limit for driving is 0.08.<\/p>\n

The reported 0.13 result exceeded that limit by 0.05 percentage points.<\/p>\n

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Dennys Giovanni Rivera Carbonell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Previous 2022 Case Mentioned in Complaint<\/h2>\n

Investigators also reviewed Rivera Carbonell’s previous impaired-driving-related history.<\/p>\n

According to the criminal complaint, he had a prior implied consent case dating back to May 2022.<\/p>\n

Minnesota law allows certain previous impaired-driving incidents to serve as aggravating factors in subsequent DWI cases.<\/p>\n

The information provided does not specify the final disposition of the 2022 case.<\/p>\n

Third-Degree DWI Charge Filed<\/h2>\n

Following the investigation, Rivera Carbonell was arrested and charged with third-degree driving while impaired.<\/p>\n

Under Minnesota Statute 169A.26<\/a>, third-degree DWI is classified as a gross misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

A conviction can carry significant criminal penalties, including potential jail time and fines.<\/p>\n

The available report did not provide information about a scheduled court appearance or the amount of any bail.<\/p>\n

The charge remains an allegation. Rivera Carbonell is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

I’m Adrian Cole reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Badger man faces third-degree DWI charges after a Thief River Falls traffic stop. Police reported a 0.13 BAC and a prior impaired-driving case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72026,"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":[12],"tags":[28315,883,777,778],"trf_mt_town":[29427],"trf_mt_county":[29510],"trf_mt_topic":[29493],"trf_mt_series":[],"class_list":["post-72025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-dennys-giovanni-rivera-carbonell","tag-dwi","tag-pennington-county","tag-thief-river-falls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72025","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=72025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72027,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72025\/revisions\/72027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72025"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_town","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_town?post=72025"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_county","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_county?post=72025"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_topic?post=72025"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_series?post=72025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}