Daniel Wayne Willette

At around 12:55 PM on May 30, 2026, officers were sent to the Holiday gas station at [ADDRESS REDACTED], Maplewood, Ramsey County on a 2006 Acura MDX bearing Minnesota license plates GSH732 that had gone through the car wash, hopped a curb, and struck a building. Officers found DANIEL WAYNE WILLETTE [DOB REDACTED] passed out and slumped over in the Acura’s driver’s seat. The Acura was running and in drive. Willette had a straw in his hand. An officer opened the passenger door, put the car in park, and removed the keys from the ignition without waking Willette.

An officer opened the front driver’s door waking Willett who claimed he had been parked there for a couple of hours. Officers immediately determined Willette was under the influence of an intoxicating substance. Officers removed Willette from the Acura. Officers recovered a bag from Willette’s cargo shorts that contained 3 bags of drugs. Willette agreed to provide a urine sample when officers obtained a warrant for his blood or urine. The urine sample will be submitted to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for analysis.

The contents of two of the bags recovered from Willette tested positive for the presence of methamphetamine and weighed a combined total of 0.39 grams in its packaging. The contents of the third bag tested positive for the presence of fentanyl and methamphetamine and weighed 16.47 grams in its packaging. Surveillance video showed Willette at the store, going through the car wash, and crashing. On July 17, 2025, Willette was sentenced on a gross misdemeanor DWI test refusal in Sibley County District Court file ••-CR-••-••••. Willette has 15 prior felony convictions including prior VOCSL 5 convictions.