A Field Sobriety Checkpoint was set from 6 p.m. until midnight on March 29, 2013 on the southbound side of the Berlin Turnpike south of Deming Road.
A total of 1475 vehicles were directed through the checkpoint during the detail where vehicles were briefly detained and interviewed by officers. Of the 1475 vehicles passing through the checkpoint 29 motorists were flagged by the contact officers for DUI testing or other investigative interviews.
The results are as follows. Number of arrests and charges:
- Four (4) motorists were cited for operating a motor vehicle with registration suspended due to lack of insurance.
- One (1) motorist was charged with possession of drugs.
- Ten (10) motorists were cited for operating an unregistered motor vehicle.
- One (1) motorist was cited for misuse of marker plates, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and operating without insurance.
- One (1) motorist was cited for three (3) counts of failure to secure children in a proper child restraint system.
- Two (2) motorists were cited for operating without a driver’s license.
- One (1) motorist was cited for failure to wear a seatbelt.
- One (1) motorist was cited for operating a motor vehicle under suspension. Eighteen (18) motor vehicles were towed.
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