Crime & Safety

1 Person Arrested During Temecula DUI Checkpoint

A DUI/driver's license checkpoint in Temecula over the weekend resulted in one arrest, police are reporting.

The checkpoint held at Rancho California Road and Chardonnay Hills operated from approximately 7 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday.

According to Sgt. Dean Spivacke of the sheriff's Southwest Station, 684 vehicles passed through the checkpoint. In addition to one person being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, two unlicensed/suspended drivers were sent to court and one vehicle was towed, the sergeant reported.

This checkpoint and further checkpoints in the City of Temecula are funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety through a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Spivacke added.

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