Murrieta Man Arrested at Lake Elsinore DUI Checkpoint

A Murrieta man was the sole motorist sheriff's deputies suspected of drunken driving during a sobriety checkpoint in Lake Elsinore that ended Saturday morning, a sergeant said.

Roger Smith Norton, 52, was booked early Saturday for suspicion of drunken driving when he allegedly failed a field sobriety test. The overnight checkpoint was on Corydon Street, east of Palomar Road, Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Peter Giannakakos said.

Norton remained behind bars Saturday in lieu of $2,500 bail, jail records showed.

Giannakokos said 999 vehicles passed through the checkpoint, deputies screened 23 of them, and conducted one other field sobriety test. Four vehicles were impounded and 66 motorists were cited for being unlicensed or driving with a suspended license, Giannakakos said.

—City News Service