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No Arrests Made At Chula Vista Checkpoint
500 Drivers Went Through Checkpoint
POSTED: 5:31 am PDT September 6, 2010
UPDATED: 7:05 am PDT September 6, 2010
CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- Chula Vista police screened about 500 drivers at a drunken driving checkpoint that wrapped up early Monday, but no arrests were made."That means the message is really coming across," Officer Alicia Chudy said.The checkpoint in the 200 block of East Orange Avenue resulted in eight citations for driving without a license and six citations for driving with a suspended license, Chudy said.Fifteen other citations were issued, and 13 vehicles were impounded, she said.On Thursday and Friday, the Chula Vista police stopped 89 vehicles during a saturation patrol, arresting two drivers on suspicion of drunken driving and impounding 16 vehicles, Chudy said.
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