Crime & Safety
DUI Checkpoint Planned For Saturday Night
The checkpoint will be staffed from 8 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday,
Sheriff's deputies are set to staff a DUI checkpoint in Lake Elsinore, at an undisclosed location, officials said.
The checkpoint will be staffed from 8 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday.
Riverside County sheriff's deputies from the Lake Elsinore station will be screening drivers for signs of intoxication or other impairment.
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Deputies will also check for license violations, according to sheriff's Sgt. Peter Giannakakos.
"Drivers caught driving impaired can expect jail, license suspension and insurance increases," Giannakakos wrote in a news release.
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The sergeant added that over the last three years, deputies in Lake Elsinore investigated 58 drunken driving collisions in which 71 persons were injured and six were killed.
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