Joel David Thompson

On December 5, 2025, at approximately 3:40 P.M., police officers responded to driving complaint and vehicle collision in South St. Paul, Dakota County, Minnesota. The reporting party stated that a vehicle hit a snowbank and was “flipping u-turns, over and over.” The reporting party then observed the vehicle crash into a trailer. Police officers located the suspect vehicle. A police officer spoke with the driver, who was identified as JOEL DAVID THOMPSON ([DOB redacted]). THOMPSON had bloodshot, watery eyes and demonstrated poor balance.

THOMPSON smelled strongly of cologne, which could mask the smell of alcohol. THOMPSON agreed to participate in standardized field sobriety tests. During the horizontal gaze nystagmus test, the police officer observed numerous clues of impairment. THOMPSON declined a preliminary breath test. During a search of THOMPSON’s vehicle, a police officer located a large unopened bottle of vodka. THOMPSON was arrested and transported to the police department. At the police department, a police officer read the breath test advisory to THOMPSON. After using his attorney time, THOMPSON agreed to provide a breath sample.

The result of the breath test was 0.26 BAC. On March 23, 2023, THOMPSON was convicted of driving while impaired (court file no.: 19WS-CR- 22-11592). On July 16, 2021, THOMPSON was convicted of driving while impaired (court file no.: 19WS- CR-20-9231). On November 30, 2025, THOMPSON had a driving while impaired-related license revocation (court file no.: 19WS-CR-25-14018).