Crime & Safety

Seven Drivers Arrested at Watsonville Sobriety Checkpoint

The enforcement action was Saturday night.





A DUI checkpoint in Watsonville on Saturday night netted seven suspected drunken drivers, the California Highway Patrol reported.

The checkpoint started at 10 p.m. at Freedom Boulevard and Green Valley Road. CHP officer Sarah Jackson said 176 drivers were screened, 19 were sent to a second area to be evaluated and seven were arrested on suspicion of DUI. 

The enforcement ran until 4 a.m. It was funded by a state Office of Traffic Safety grant. 


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