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2 arrested for DUI at Palmdale checkpoint

by The AV Times Staff • July 20, 2020 1 Comment

LANCASTER – Nearly 1,500 vehicles were screened and two motorists were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence at a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint conducted in Palmdale this past weekend, authorities said.

The checkpoint was conducted from 6 p.m. Friday, July 17, to 2 a.m. Saturday, July 18, in the westbound lanes of Palmdale Boulevard at 15th Street East, according to a news release from the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station.

The results of the checkpoint are as follows:

  • 1,484 total vehicles.
  • 30 vehicles waved through.
  • 1,454 vehicles screened at the checkpoint.
  • Two drivers arrested for DUI.
  • Three standardized field sobriety tests performed.
  • 36 citations/arrests for driver license violations.
  • Two citations for miscellaneous traffic violations.
  • Nine vehicles towed.
  • 27 vehicles released per checkpoint procedures.
  • One felony arrest for carrying a concealed firearm.

Funding for this checkpoint was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Palmdale

1 comment for "2 arrested for DUI at Palmdale checkpoint"

  1. Who’s paying says

    July 21, 2020 at 10:42 am

    Media bias is showing or is that ignorance?

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