Charges: Arizona man took excavator on drunken joy ride in Detroit Lakes, damaging hotel and restaurant

  • An Arizona man, Alex Prescott-Hansen, is facing DWI and felony damage to property charges for causing $40,000 in damage during a drunken joy ride with an excavator in Becker County, Minnesota.

An Arizona man is facing DWI and felony damage to property charges for reportedly taking an excavator on a drunken joy ride, causing $40,000 in damage.

On Sunday, officers with the Detroit Lakes Police Department were called to the Fairfield Inn and Suites in Becker County, located at 102 West Lake Drive, after a drunk man was reportedly driving an excavator and causing significant damage.

When law enforcement spoke with Alex Prescott-Hansen, 30, of Phoenix, AZ, he admitted to trying to drive the excavator, sharing he had been at a party at Zorbaz earlier that day…

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