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Columbia Missourian

Checkpoint nets 14 arrests

By Jeremy Essig
August 22, 2009 | 5:56 p.m. CDT

A checkpoint set up by the MU Police Department netted 14 arrests and four citations, the department reported.

Of the 14, nine were arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Another three were arrested on suspicion of possession of alcohol by a minor. The department also arrested one person on suspicion of driving with a suspended license and another on suspicion of driving without a license.

Four tickets were issued on suspicion of failure to provide proof of insurance.

The checkpoint was from 11 p.m. Friday until 2:30 a.m. Saturday on Hitt Street between Rollins Road and University Avenue. Police said 126 vehicles went through the checkpoint.

The department set up the checkpoint in conjunction with the Boone County Sheriff's Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Columbia Police Department as part of “You Drink & Drive, You Lose,” a DWI enforcement campaign.