6 Arrested in Chula Vista DUI Checkpoint
March 13, 2010 No CommentsSix motorists were arrested, including a fugitive sex offender, at a drunken driving checkpoint held in Chula Vista through early Saturday morning, police said.
The checkpoint was operated on Third Avenue near Moss Street from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday. Officers arrested one driver on a warrant issued in Arizona for being a sex offender who had failed to register, Chula Vista police officer Kenneth Hicks said. He had no other information about the offender. One other driver was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, and four were arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs, Hicks said.
Police wrote 34 tickets and impounded 19 vehicles because the drivers had suspended or no licenses.
Source: SDNN.com
