Galena, MO

Five people were arrested for driving while intoxicated during a weekend enforcement effort in Stone County.

The Stone County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release that, in addition to the five DWI arrests Saturday, deputies made one drug arrest and two arrests for driving with a revoked license. Five people were arrested on outstanding warrants.

Deputies also issued issued three tickets for driving with a license, three tickets for driving without insurance and four tickets to minors in possession of alcohol.

The Saturday arrests occurred at a checkpoint on Missouri 13 north of Kimberling City, the news release said. The effort was funded with grants from the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Division and the Missouri Safety Center and is part of the “You Drink, You Drive, You Lose” campaign.

Friday the department issued two citations for possession of drug paraphernalia and two citations to minors in possession of alcohol.

Saturday morning, deputies worked with the Missouri Department of Conservation during a river patrol on the James River. During that effort two people were arrested for supplying alcohol to a minor, two minors were charged with possessing alcohol and one person was charged with possession of marijuana.

The release noted the sheriff’s department has received $16,684 in grants for additional enforcement of impaired driving.