Crime & Safety

Three Drivers Arrested on Suspicion of DUI at South County Checkpoint

Police nabbed three drivers and issued 31 citations at Friday's DUI checkpoint.

Three motorists were arrested for drunken driving and 31 citations were issued during an overnight sobriety/driver’s license checkpoint in Mission Viejo, a sheriff’s lieutenant said.

The checkpoint, at an undisclosed location, began at 7 p.m. Friday and ended today at 12:30 a.m., said Orange County sheriff’s Lt. Jeff Hallock.

Four vehicles were towed at the checkpoint and 1,223 vehicles passed through, Hallock said.

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