Monday, 24 September 2012

Checkpoint Nets 11 Suspected DUI Motorists



A DUI Checkpoint conducted on Saturday night netted 11 arrests. The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety Traffic Team setup the checkpoint at east Rohnert Park Expressway near State Farm Drive, from 6 p.m., to 1 a.m., Sunday, according to police. “The purpose of this checkpoint operation was to inform the motoring public of the dangers associated with impaired driving and to take enforcement action against impaired drivers and those driving with a suspended license or no license at all,” a Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety press release stated. In all 1,368 vehicles passed through Saturday’s checkpoint; Officers screened 1,358 of those vehicles for DUI and drivers’ licenses. “A total of 29 drivers were directed into a nearby parking area for further contact with officers for either DUI evaluation or driver’s license checks,” police said. Eleven motorists were arrested and out of the 11, one driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI, being a habitual DUI driver, driving on a suspended license and having an outstanding $25,000 warrant for DUI; two motorists were arrested on suspicion of driving with a suspended license; seven were arrested on suspicion of driving without a license, and one was arrested on suspicion of violation of probation and driving without license

BROCKTON —Stripped of his driver’s license 22 times. Sent to jail over and over again for months at a time. Ordered to pay thousands of dollars in fines. None of it has had any measurable effect on Nelson J. Barbosa’s driving habits, according to court documents and his Massachusetts driving record. The 27-year-old Brockton resident has repeatedly been caught driving without a valid license, more often than not with either alcohol or illegal drugs in or on him. His history, anti-drunken driving advocates say, illustrates the limits of state law when it comes to bad drivers, especially those who drive drunk. “There always is some element who are incorrigible, who no matter what you do short of put them in prison are going to drink and drive,”

Jose Garcia, 29, 1233 N. Irving Ave., Berkeley, was arrested and charged with driving with a suspended license after police pulled over his silver Honda Civic for speeding at St. Charles and Hill at 10:22 a.m. Sept. 9. He was released on bond. Kandorita Logan, 42, 2015 S. Finley Apt. 502, Lombard, was arrested and charged with driving with a license that was suspended for DUI and driving without insurance after police pulled over her silver Chevrolet Impala at Roosevelt and Route 83 at 1:03 a.m. Sept. 13. She was released on bond and her vehicle towed for forfeiture. Christina Biondolillo, 22, 255 S. Addison, Bensenville, was arrested and charged with driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance after police pulled over her green Saturn at 850 S. Riverside Drive at 1:52 p.m. Sept. 13. She was released on I-bond. Mario Hardy, 27, 4045 W. 21st St., Chicago, was arrested and charged with driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance after police pulled over his white Dodge Intrepid for speeding at York and Virginia at 12:33 a.m. Sept. 15. He was released on


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