A St. Paul police officer was cited for DWI Monday after law enforcement says he collided his vehicle into a building while off-duty last week.
Officers were called to the Dayton’s Bluff area early Thursday. The driver crashed into a vacant building at Third and Maple streets and the Dodge Durango, which police say was the officer’s personal vehicle, started on fire. The blaze spread to the building and firefighters extinguished it.
A vehicle crashed into a vacant building on Aug. 1, 2024, in the 700 block of East Third Street. (Courtesy of the St. Paul Fire Department)
Bryan James McKinnon, 30, of St. Paul, was the only person in the vehicle and told law enforcement he was driving, according to the citation. The Minnesota State Patrol said they noted signs of impairment while speaking with McKinnon and gave him field sobriety tests. He declined a portable breath test, the citation said.
At the hospital, the State Patrol said they obtained a fluid sample for testing and results are pending, according to the citation.
The St. Paul City Attorney’s Office cited McKinnon for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and fourth-degree driving while impaired, which are both misdemeanors.
No attorney was listed for McKinnon in his court file as of Monday afternoon and McKinnon couldn’t be reached for comment.
McKinnon has been a St. Paul officer since 2022 and works in the Eastern District as a patrol officer. He will be working a desk job as the investigation is ongoing, according to the police department.
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