DUI Checkpoint Nets 4 Arrests: Howard County Police

SAVAGE, MD — Three people were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol at a DUI checkpoint this weekend on Washington Boulevard in Savage, the Howard County Police Department reported.

A fourth person was arrested for having multiple warrants and driving on a suspended license, according to police, who said he was also cited for possession of marijuana under 10 grams.

There were 995 people who drove through the checkpoint, which state troopers and county police staffed on southbound Washington Boulevard/US 1 between Howard Street and Gorman Road Friday night to Saturday morning.

The sobriety checkpoint is one of several alcohol and drug-related enforcement initiatives throughout the year in Howard County, where approximately 35 percent of fatal crashes involved alcohol in 2015.

It was staffed by the Howard County Police Department, Maryland State Police and Mothers Against Drunk Driving, partly funded by a grant from the Maryland Highway Safety Office.

A similar checkpoint was conducted in the same location in April 2014. That one netted three arrests, Patch previously reported.

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