CAWPS

Minnesota/Clay County

Episode 7 · Posted October 4, 2026

Pretty Sure

A crow hits a parked car and keeps driving. Police follow the trail of debris to a driveway, where he says: "I am going to jail I am pretty sure."

Alleged

What the complaint alleges

This episode is about a 63-year-old Clay County man.Here is what the criminal complaint says happened.

  • A man was driving a red SUV on 2nd Avenue North in Moorhead at about 9:15 p.m. on June 21, 2026, when he collided with a parked vehicle, causing obvious damage to both vehicles, according to the complaint.
  • He allegedly continued driving without stopping or leaving a note on the struck vehicle.
  • A person who heard the collision from two blocks away called police.
  • A Moorhead police officer followed the trail of debris to where he was standing near the vehicle he had been driving.
  • He acknowledged having just driven it, according to the complaint.
  • He told the officer he had two drinks and had gone to a liquor store to buy more, but said he had not had anything to drink after he drove.
  • The complaint states he had also collided with another vehicle in the same driveway where he was then parked.
  • He allegedly told the officer, "I am going to jail I am pretty sure."
  • Field sobriety testing indicated impairment from alcohol and possibly a controlled substance, according to the complaint.
  • After police obtained a search warrant, he provided a urine sample at 10:22 p.m. The lab result showed an alcohol concentration of .072 and the presence of cocaine, according to the complaint.
Where
2nd Avenue North, Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota
When
June 21, 2026
Charges
Two gross misdemeanor counts of driving while impaired and one misdemeanor count of collision with an unattended vehicle
Filed
September 24, 2026
Status
Charged by summons. The complaint was filed on September 24, 2026. There has been no conviction.

A complaint is an accusation. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The deputies' dialogue in the video is made up. The crow's subtitled line is a direct quote from the complaint. The specific car parts, the hubcap and the deputies' remarks about themselves are invented.

The paperwork, explained

Transcript
  1. On screenMoorhead, Minnesota. 9:15 p.m.
  2. Deputy LyleEleven months, Dale. Eleven months to retirement.
  3. Deputy DaleLyle! Somebody hit a parked car and kept going!
  4. Deputy LyleDid he leave a note?
  5. Deputy DaleNo note.
  6. Deputy LyleNo note. In Minnesota.
  7. Deputy DaleA witness heard it from two blocks away!
  8. Deputy LyleI heard it from my supper, Dale.
  9. Deputy DaleAnd he left a trail! Bumper. Hubcap. Mirror. It's like a scavenger hunt!
  10. Deputy LyleIt's a crime scene.
  11. Deputy DaleCan I keep the hubcap?
  12. Deputy LyleNo.
  13. Deputy DaleLyle. The trail ends at a crow.
  14. Deputy LyleSir. Were you driving this vehicle?
  15. The crow[caws]
  16. Deputy DaleHe says he just drove it.
  17. Deputy DaleHe also hit the car in this driveway.
  18. Deputy LyleThis driveway. The one we're standing in.
  19. Deputy DaleForm says same driveway.
  20. Deputy LyleSir. Have you been drinking?
  21. Deputy DaleHe says two drinks. Then he went to the liquor store to buy more.
  22. Deputy LyleTo buy more.
  23. The crow[caws] I am going to jail I am pretty sure.
  24. Deputy LyleWell. He's not wrong.
  25. Deputy DaleShould I write pretty sure?
  26. Deputy LyleWrite sure, Dale.
  27. On screenLAB RESULTS
  28. Deputy DaleAlcohol: .072.
  29. Deputy LyleThat's under the limit.
  30. Deputy DaleAlso cocaine.
  31. Deputy LyleOpe.
  32. Deputy LyleSo he's in jail.
  33. Deputy DaleWe mailed him a letter.
  34. Deputy LyleHe told us he was going to jail! He was pretty sure!
  35. Deputy DaleForm says summons.
  36. Deputy LyleEleven months.
  37. Deputy DaleI'm keeping the hubcap.

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