Police Announce Results of April 11, 2013 DUI Checkpoint

A Field Sobriety Checkpoint was set from 6 p.m. until midnight on April 11 on the southbound side of the Berlin Turnpike south of Deming Road.

A total of 1,307 vehicles were directed through the checkpoint during the detail where vehicles were briefly detained and interviewed by officers. Of the 1,307 vehicles passing through the checkpoint 17 motorists were flagged by the contact officers for DUI testing or other investigative interviews. The results are as follows.

Number of arrests (17) and charges (21):

• Two (2) motorists were cited for suspended registrations for operating motor vehicles without insurance.
  
• One (1) motorist was charged with possession of drugs. 
  
• Ten (10) motorists were cited for operating unregistered motor vehicles.
  
• One (1) motorist was cited for reckless driving and driving the wrong way on a highway in an effort to avoid the checkpoint. 
  
• One (1) motorist was cited for two (2) counts for failure to secure children in a proper restraint system. 
  
• Three (3) motorists were cited for operating a vehicle while license was suspended. 
  
• One (1) motorist was cited for operating a vehicle without a license. 
  
• Ten (10) motor vehicles were towed.