SOBRIETY TEST NABS BICYCLIST; FOUR MOTORISTS ALSO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer Four drivers and a bicyclist were arrested on suspicion of drunk driving at a sobriety checkpoint in Canyon Country, officials said Friday. One of the motorists, a Lancaster resident, was chased down by a California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. squad car after he passed through the checkpoint without stopping, an apparent effort to avoid officers, said Sgt. Steve Mulcahy of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. sheriff's station. The operation was run jointly by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. and CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan from 6:15 to 10:55 p.m. Thursday on Sierra Highway, just north of the Santa Clarita city limits. Los Angeles County sheriff's officials operate monthly checkpoints in Santa Clarita in hopes of deterring drunk drivers, Mulcahy said. CHP Sgt. Rick Sirovy said there was a strategy in setting up on Sierra Highway, an alternate to the busy Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. . ``You're in a situation where you're trying to catch people who think they can drink and drive, and avoid the freeway,'' Sirovy said. About 1,000 motorists passed through the checkpoint, plus one Canyon Country bicyclist ``who drove right through with the cars,'' Mulcahy said. He was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence, as were the Lancaster man, a second Canyon Country resident and one person each from Palmdale and Santa Monica. |
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