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Caledonia man charged with 15th DWI offense
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James Donald Richmond, 58, of Caledonia, faces a gross misdemeanor charge with a maximum of one year in jail and/or $3,000 in fines after being charged April 27 in Houston County District Court with second-degree driving while intoxicated, second-degree refusal to submit to chemical test and possession of an open bottle.
This is the 15th time Richmond has been charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI).
A Houston County sheriff’s deputy stopped Richmond’s vehicle at 7:18 p.m. Friday, April 24 on CSAH 21 by Storer Valley Road because he was driving on the wrong side of the road, according to the complaint.
Richmond had his driver’s license revoked in 1977, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety in St. Paul.
According to published reports, Richmond had eight further drunken driving offensives, both in Minnesota and Wisconsin, from 1977 to 2005. His license then was reinstated in 2008 after he successfully completed the state’s requirements for rehabilitation.
A second arraignment will be May 6.
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