Crime & Safety
Results From Bucks Co.'s Thanksgiving Eve DUI Checkpoint
The Bucks Co. District Attorney's office announces the results from the Thanksgiving Eve DUI checkpoint:
A Thanksgiving Eve DUI patrol was a success, the Bucks County District Attorney's office said on Monday.
A dozen police officers patrolled the Street Road corridor on Wednesday night, making 112 stops, and arresting three for DUI and another for narcotics, the DA's office said.
The officers were from six Bucks County police departments, including Upper Southampton, Bensalem, Warrington, Middletown, Penndel Borough and Newtown Borough.
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The roving patrol included Street Road and its feeder streets from Bensalem to Warrington.
Street Road is one of Bucks County's busiest and most accident-prone roadways. In 2017, more than 10 percent of the county's 6,175 crashes occurred on Street Road.
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