One person was arrested on suspicion of DUI and 18 others were cited for license infractions during a checkpoint Saturday night and early Sunday in San Jacinto, a sheriff's sergeant said.
The checkpoint was stagedΒ on Esplanade Avenue between Santa Fe Avenue and State Street from 7 p.m. Dec. 28 to 3 a.m. Dec. 29, Sgt. Robert Himmelberg of the sheriff's Hemet Station said.
An estimated total of 917 vehicles passed through the checkpoint,Β Himmelberg said.
For more info about holiday DUI enforcement countywide see:
Multi-Agency DUI Crackdown Across Riverside County Dec. 13 to Jan. 1
Deputies inΒ San Jacinto are planningΒ another DUI/Driver's License operation on Saturday Jan. 18,Β Himmelberg said.
Checkpoints in the Hemet-San Jacinto area areΒ funded in partΒ by grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety andΒ the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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