Five Charged with DWI at Portsmouth Checkpoint

State police charged five people with DWI during a checkpoint in Portsmouth Friday night.

The checkpoint was held on the Spaulding Turnpike. Police stopped 421 vehicles from 10 p.m. Friday through 2 a.m. Saturday.

The following people were charged with DWI:

• Charles E. Bousquin, 51, of Middleton
• Jessica K. Bland, 39, of Suffield, Conn.
• Dean F. Comisky, 63, of Dover
• Alexis Mason, 37, of Dover 
• Jarmain Gardner, 42, of Dover

A Rockingham County Superior Court judge approved the checkpoint, police said.

Such checkpoints are held in Portsmouth a few times a year, typically yielding at least several arrests each time.

The six people arrested in this week's checkpoint are scheduled to appear at Portsmouth District Court next month.