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COPS TOW 32 VEHICLES AT CHECKPOINT.


Byline: Daily News

LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England
Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River.
 - Thirty-two vehicles driven by unlicensed motorists were towed away as sheriff's deputies screened more than 360 vehicles during a drunk-driving and license checkpoint (programming) checkpoint - Saving the current state of a program and its data, including intermediate results, to disk or other non-volatile storage, so that if interrupted the program could be restarted at the point at which the last checkpoint occurred. , officials said.

Two motorists were given field sobriety tests during the five-hour checkpoint Thursday on Avenue I near 3rd Street East, but no one was arrested for drunk driving, officials said.

Two people who came through the checkpoint were arrested when deputies found out they were wanted on misdemeanor misdemeanor, in law, a minor crime, in contrast to a felony. At common law a misdemeanor was a crime other than treason or a felony. Although it might be a grave offense, it did not affect the feudal bond or take away the offender's property. By the 19th cent.  arrest warrants. Four motorists were ticketed for violating traffic laws around the checkpoint.

Thirty-five people were arrested or ticketed for driving on suspended sus·pend  
v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends

v.tr.
1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school.
 or revoked licenses, or for having no license. Their cars were towed away if there was no one present licensed to drive them.

In all, deputies talked to 366 motorists at the checkpoint.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Dec 24, 2005
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