58 Arrested in 8 Hours in Drunk-Driver Sweep
Authorities arrested 58 people on suspicion of drunk driving during a weekend crackdown in the northeast San Fernando Valley.
A checkpoint at San Fernando Road and Del Sur Street, in operation from 6 p.m. Saturday until 2 a.m. Sunday, netted 36 people suspected of driving drunk. Roving patrols around San Fernando and Pacoima arrested another 22. Los Angeles Police Sgt. John Amott said police also arrested one person on suspicion of grand theft auto and another for possession of a concealed weapon.
Drivers who were arrested were charged under the mobile Immediate Booking and Release System. Under a law that took effect last month, police took away drivers’ licenses and impounded cars.
Amott said 1,015 vehicles passed through the checkpoint and 62 were stopped for screening.
The crackdown was a cooperative operation between the California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles and San Fernando police.
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