Shakopee Man at Center of West St. Paul Crash Case Found Driving High—Twice

A Shakopee man previously accused of causing a crash that injured two has not only been free, he's been driving under the influence. 

Frankie Dylan Dircks, 22, has been caught driving high twice since he was last granted conditional release on March 18.

The Minnesota State Patrol arrested Dircks on suspicion of DWI after an incident on March 29 in St. Cloud. However, he was out on the road again by April 11, when a police officer pulled him over near the intersection of County Road 46 and General Sieben Drive in Hastings. According to an account provided in the arrest warrant, Dircks vehicle was bobbing and weaving over the road, and crossed the fog line at least once in view of the officer. When pulled over, he was allegedly so intoxicated that he didn't know what day of the week it was and couldn't put a coherent sentence together.

According to the warrant document, Dircks admitted to smoking synthetic marijuana earlier that day. The officer also found a bottle of prescription pills issued that day to Dircks. Eight pills were missing. The recommended dose is one. Dircks was booked into the Dakota County Jail that day.

These incidents occurred just a few weeks after Dircks pleaded not guilty to six separate charges stemming from a crash in West St. Paul on Sept. 30 of 2012.

That afternoon, Dircks was driving a woman and her four-year-old son to a park, when he swerved and hit a car in the opposing lane head on. The driver of the other vehicle was seen with blood running down her legs, but declined medical treatment. The impact of the collision threw Dircks' female passenger headfirst into the windshield and knocked her teeth out. Officers found her bleeding profusely from the head. The child was unharmed.

A blood analysis by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension showed that Dircks was high on five different substances at the time—methadone, morphine, Codeine, Conazepam, and Alprazolam.

He was charged with six counts of criminal vehicular operation resulting in substantial bodily harm—three felonies and three gross misdemeanors. 

For now, Dircks remains in custody, held on an $80,000 bond, an amount that will be reduced to $60,000 if he agrees to abide by the court's conditions. The conditions prohibit alcohol, illicit drugs and prescription medications, unless prescribed by a medical doctor. His driving privileges remain intact.