Crime & Safety

Troopers Release DUI Checkpoint Results

They stopped 55 vehicles, made four DUI arrests, wrote 31 tickets and 25 warnings.

According to a release from , troopers conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint from July 8 at 10 p.m. until July 9 at 3 a.m.

During the checkpoint, police stopped 55 vehicles, made four DUI arrests, wrote 31 summary traffic citations and issued 25 written warnings.

Troopers systematically stopped vehicles at selected locations to briefly observe drivers for behaviors normally associated with alcohol or drug impaired drivers.

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Police said the checkpoint’s goal was to reduce the number of alcohol and drug related fatal and serious crashes and to reduce the number of DUI drivers on state highways.

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