Traffic and DWI news for 8/25-8/31

  • 8/27/13 – MSHP released the results of the DWI checkpoint in Newton County and the DWI saturations in Barry and Stone County for August 22 – August 24. They stopped 617 vehicles which resulted in the following tickets:DWI Arrests — 18  Speed Violations — 14  Seat Belt Violations — 62  Child Restraint Offenses — 8  Hazardous Moving Violations — 11  Non-Moving Traffic Offenses — 28  Driver’s License Violations — 16  Uninsured Motorists Violations — 9  Misdemeanor Warrant Arrests — 8  Felony Warrant Arrest– 1  Drug Arrests — 5  Minor In Possession Violation — 1  Other Misdemeanor Violations — 11  Warnings — 350
  • 8/28/13 – The sobriety checkpoint from Table Rock Lake on August 24 saw 136 watercraft stopped. These tickets were issued:Boating While Intoxicated — 3  Misdemeanor Drug Arrests — 2  Boating Citations — 9  Warnings — 26  Marine Safety Inspections — 3
  • 8/28/13 – On August 16, 2013, Franklin County Missouri set up a campaign looking for aggressive commercial drivers. The campaign used 5 troopers and had the following results:26 Total number of vehicles stopped  10 Commercial vehicle arrests  3 Commercial vehicles placed out-of-service  10 Commercial vehicle inspections  3 Non-moving summonses  1 Uninsured motorists summons  4 Commercial vehicle hazardous moving summonses
  • 8/29/13 – There was a DWI checkpoint in St. Francois County from Saturday to Sunday morning on Highway 67. Officers stopped 672 vehicles and issued the following tickets:3 — DWI arrests  2– seat belt summonses  5 — uninsured motorist summonses  5 — driver’s license summonses  1 — non-moving summons  7 — warrant arrests  2 — drug arrests  55 — warnings issued
  • 8/30/13 – An 8 hour DWI saturation in Jefferson County conducted during the month of August resulted in:DWI Misdemeanor — 1 arrest  DWI Felony — 1 arrest  Speed — 2 summonses  Seat Belt — 5 summonses  Other Hazardous Moving — 2 summonses  No Insurance — 2 summonses  Misdemeanor Criminal Arrests — 2 arrest  Warnings — 32The number of vehicles stopped was not listed.
  • 8/30/13 – Don’t forget the Ride of the Century Motorcycle Event is this weekend in the St. Louis/St. Charles area. Please watch out for those on bikes while you travel over this Labor Day Weekend.
  • 8/30/13 – The MSHP has released that there will be DWI checkpoints/saturations sometime during the month of September 2013 in the following locations:Boone County Camden County Cooper County Ste Genevieve County North St. Louis CountyIf they release more specifics, we will be sure to update.
  • 8/31/13 – A total of 17 arrests and 13 warnings were issued in conjunction with a DWI saturation conducted in Texas County on August 16, 2013.  The designated highways for this saturation were U.S. Highway 60 and U.S. Highway 63.
  • 8/31/13 – St. Louis County Police are issuing a zero tolerance policy for stunts and illegal behavior during this weekend’s Ride of the Century.

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