{"id":725,"date":"2025-12-07T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=725"},"modified":"2025-12-06T17:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:53:03","slug":"pennington-county-dwi-traffic-stop-in-thief-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/pennington-county-dwi-traffic-stop-in-thief-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennington County DWI Traffic Stop in Thief River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thief River Falls (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2013 A local woman has been cited for DWI after a late night traffic stop in Pennington County.<\/p>\n<p>According to the citation, 28-year-old <strong>Anne Marie Brack<\/strong> of Thief River Falls was stopped shortly after midnight.<\/p>\n<p>The traffic stop happened on November 12 at about 12:41 a.m., near Knight Avenue and Seventh Street.<\/p>\n<p>The report states that Brack was taken into custody and later cited for Driving While Impaired.<\/p>\n<p>The citation notes that a Blood Alcohol Content level was listed as unavailable at the time.<\/p>\n<p>No further test results were included in the summary provided with the citation.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota law treats DWI cases as serious traffic and public safety matters.<\/p>\n<p>Information about DWI offenses and penalties is available in the state\u2019s drunk driving law. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/169A.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 169A.20<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That statute outlines the elements of DWI offenses, including driving while impaired and test refusal.<\/p>\n<p>It also explains different levels of DWI charges, based on past cases and other factors.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BrackAnne-Marie-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"Booking photo of Anne Marie Brack\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Brack\u2019s citation will move into the court system, where hearings will be scheduled in Pennington County.<\/p>\n<p>Court dates and case updates can be found through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mncourts.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The site allows the public to look up many case records and hearing dates.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota\u2019s Office of Traffic Safety also shares information on impaired driving crashes and enforcement trends.<\/p>\n<p>Those resources are available through the state\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dps.mn.gov\/divisions\/ots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Traffic Safety<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers charged with DWI often face license limits, fines, and possible jail time if convicted.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone facing a DWI charge is encouraged to learn about their rights and legal options.<\/p>\n<p>Legal help can come from a public defender or a private defense attorney.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage, the DWI citation against Anne Marie Brack is an allegation, not a finding of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>She is presumed innocent unless and until she is found guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Chris Harper reporting for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thief River Falls (trfnews.i234.me) \u2013 A local woman has been cited for DWI after a late night traffic stop in Pennington County. According to the citation, 28-year-old Anne Marie Brack of Thief River Falls was stopped shortly after midnight. The traffic stop happened on November 12 at about 12:41 a.m., near Knight Avenue and Seventh&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/pennington-county-dwi-traffic-stop-in-thief-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pennington County DWI Traffic Stop in Thief River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":722,"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":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[1312,1315,768,772,1318,883,1313,1316,1161,1314,791,777,824,1317,1222,825,778,1644,1219],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-anne-marie-brack","tag-bac-unavailable","tag-county","tag-crime","tag-drunk-driving-minnesota","tag-dwi","tag-dwi-citation","tag-knight-avenue","tag-minnesota-courts","tag-minnesota-dwi","tag-pennington","tag-pennington-county","tag-river","tag-seventh-street","tag-stop","tag-thief","tag-thief-river-falls","tag-traffic","tag-traffic-stop","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725","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=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":726,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}