8 Arrested at Weekend Checkpoint

Deputies arrested four suspected drunken drivers at a checkpoint that wrapped up early Sunday in Palm Desert, a sheriff's department spokesman said.

There were 829 vehicles that passed through the checkpoint set up on
Monterey Avenue, south of Magnesia Falls Drive, between 8 p.m. Saturday and 3
a.m., according to sheriff's Sgt. Dave Adams.

Deputies administered 25 field sobriety tests, arrested four other
drivers caught driving unlicensed or with suspended licenses, and seven
vehicles were impounded, Adams said.

The checkpoint was held to decrease the number of drunken or drugged
drivers and to ensure drivers had a valid license, he said.