This story comes out of the CapJournal---looks like this young man had a full plate of problems from leaving the scene of an accident to assaulting an officer to ingesting alcohol and drugs to driving a commercial truck with farm plates on it without a CDL. Looks like the time is adding up and should be long enough to cure him of his alcohol problem. I foresee a change of venue in the near future--
Judge revokes Dahl's bond following arrest
By David Montgomery
Capital Journal staff
Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 - 02:50:27 am CST
FORT PIERRE — Fort Pierre resident Flint Dahl, facing criminal charges in three different cases that include the alleged abuse of a horse, is in prison for violating the terms of his bond after an arrest last week.
Dahl, 22, is facing new charges of ingesting marijuana, first-offense commercial driving under the influence, driving without a commercial driver's license and violating his bond by drinking and smoking marijuana.
Because Dahl allegedly violated the conditions of his bond, Stanley County Magistrate Judge Mark Smith revoked Dahl's bond Monday. Dahl is currently in jail awaiting a Nov. 23 court appearance. The $5,000 cash bond paid by Dahl's father Dave Dahl will be returned.
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The four new charges will join eight other criminal violations Dahl is accused of committing in the past five months.
In a July 5 incident involving a rodeo horse recovered injured outside its pen, Dahl is facing a felony grand theft charge and a misdemeanor charge of inhumane treatment of an animal.
In an Aug. 28 incident, Dahl is charged with threatening law enforcement, obstruction and disorderly conduct in an altercation with a Stanley County Sheriff's Deputy. All three charges are misdemeanors.
In a Sept. 5 incident where a pickup driven by Dahl struck a utility pole, Dahl is charged with hit-and-run property damage, reckless driving and failure to report an accident.
At his Nov. 23 court date, Judge Smith will reconsider Dahl's bond. Dahl also will have preliminary hearings for the horse-theft case and the disorderly conduct case, an arraignment for the hit-and-run case and a status hearing for the new case.
The new charges come from an incident on Nov. 13 when a Stanley County Sheriff's Deputy pulled Dahl over while he was driving a semi-tractor trailer. A breathalyzer test reported a blood alcohol content of .077 percent, under South Dakota's legal limit of .08 percent. However, a condition of Dahl's release on bond for the traffic accident case was a ban on consuming alcohol.
Additional charges may be forthcoming from a Nov. 11 highway patrol traffic stop west of Fort Pierre in which Dahl was cited for speeding and not wearing a seat belt. In that incident, highway patrol officers reported smelling marijuana. Dahl claimed he had been at a party where marijuana was being smoked.
Highway patrol officers informed Stanley County Sheriff's Deputies of this incident. When Dahl was arrested Nov. 13, deputies collected a urine sample from Dahl, which tested positive for THC, an active component of marijuana.
Dahl intends to get an alcohol evaluation, Dahl's court-appointed defense attorney for all charges except the horse-theft case, Bernie Duffy, said Monday.
Though the trailer Dahl was driving Nov. 13 had farm license plates, the criminal complaint alleges the vehicle is considered commercial because of the number of axles and its weight. Dahl does not have a commercial driver's license.
Dahl's attorney for the grand theft and inhumane treatment of animals charges, Rapid City lawyer Patrick Duffy, declined to comment.