Crime & Safety

Labor Day Weekend Checkpoint Nets 8 DUI Arrests

The checkpoint was located on southbound U.S. Route 1.

Police arrested eight drivers over the Labor Day weekend at a DUI sobriety checkpoint on southbound U.S. Route 1 in the area of Gorman Road in Savage.

The eight drivers were charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, police said. A total of 966 vehicles passed through the checkpoint.

Howard County police officers and Maryland State police conducted the checkpoint on Saturday, Aug. 31, into the early morning hours of Sunday, Sept. 1. 

Drivers that passed through the checkpoint were given an informational handout containing DUI facts and statistics, police said.



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