Sheriff's Office Releases Results from Thanksgiving Enforcement Effort

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office joined other state and local law enforcement agencies across Illinois to reduce highway fatalities by cracking down on unbuckled motorists and impaired drivers during the Thanksgiving holiday.

During the mobilization, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office issued the following citations and made the following arrests:

• 1 DUI arrest
• 1 driving while license suspended arrest
• 1 driving with no valid driver’s license arrest
• 1 warrant arrest
• 1 drug arrest
• 20 seat belt citations
• 27 speeding citations
• 19 electronic communication device while driving citations
• 9 no insurance citations

This law enforcement mobilization was funded by federal traffic safety funds through the Illinois Department of Transportation and is part of the nationwide “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaigns. For more information, visit www.idot.illinois.gov.

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