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Murrieta DUI Checkpoint Nets 1 Arrest and 5 Citations
Officers screened nearly 500 cars in Murrieta's DUI checkpoint Saturday.
One motorist was arrested for drunken driving during a sobriety checkpoint in Murrieta, a police sergeant said today.
Murrieta Police officers began their operation at 8 p.m. Saturday on Jefferson Avenue north of Guava Street and ended it today at 2:05 a.m.
A total of 518 vehicles passed through the checkpoint but 473 of them were screened, Murrieta police Sgt. Jim Gruwell said.
Twenty-four drivers were directed to a secondary area where officers did a further check on them. Five motorists were cited for driving with a suspended license but one was arrested for drunken driving, Gruwell said.
- City News Service
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