Thread: Santa Maria, CA: 3 arrested at DUI, license checkpoint

Posted: Monday, December 14, 2009 12:00 am | (1) Comments

Santa Maria

3 arrested at DUI, license checkpoint

Four drivers were evaluated for driving under the influence and three of them were arrested Saturday night in the 600 block of West Main Street during a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint conducted by the Santa Maria Police Department.

Two other drivers were cited for driving while unlicensed and three vehicles were impounded. Of the three impounded vehicles, two were driven by undocumented immigrants, police said Sunday.

From 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, 515 vehicles passed through the checkpoint and 112 were screened. The operation had been planned to go until 1 a.m., but it was cut off at 10 p.m. because of bad weather, police said.

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4 arrested for DUI during SM checkpoint
Posted: Saturday, December 19, 2009 12:45 pm | (5) Comments

A police checkpoint Friday night resulted in four people arrested for drunken driving and 13 citations for driving while unlicensed, Santa Maria police said.

The DUI and driver’s license checkpoint occurred in the 1400 block of South Broadway from 6 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. today.

Police impounded 17 vehicles, 15 of which were driven by undocumented immigrants, officers said.

Of the 2,060 vehicles that passed through the checkpoint, 412 were screened by the officers.

The checkpiont was funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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