One OVI arrest was made at Friday's checkpoint on West Court Street.
Members of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington C.H. Police Department recently conducted a sobriety checkpoint on West Court Street at the intersection of Circle Avenue in Washington Court House.
The checkpoint was in operation from 9:15 p.m. on Friday, August 17, until 2 a.m. on Saturday, August 18, following an operational briefing to law enforcement officers by Fayette County Sheriff’s Sergeant Ryan McFarland, the Checkpoint Coordinator.
The results of the sobriety checkpoint operation are as follows:
Total Vehicles in Checkpoint Zone 323
Total Vehicles Checked 323
Total Vehicles Diverted 20
Enforcement Action
OVI Arrest Made 1
Driver’s License Violations 2
Possession of Drugs 1
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia 1
Warning Issued 110
Vehicles Impounded 3
Diversion Area
Unable to Produce a Driver’s License 16
Registration Violations 2
Equipment Violations 1
Drug Violation 1
Checkpoint Personnel Assignments
Check Zone 8
Diversion Area 2
Saturation Patrol 3
Clerk / Statistics 2
Check Zone Enforcement 1
Operations 2
Total Personnel 18
