Friday, May 17, 2013
Check Patch Saturday to find out the exact location of the checkpoint.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the checkpoint it announced earlier this week was will be in Portage County Saturday evening. The exact location of the drunken driving checkpoint will be known Saturday morning. Check Patch for an update. The checkpoint is funded by federal grant funds and is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers, according to a press release from the Ravenna post. "Based on provisional data, there were 452 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 494 people were killed last year in Ohio," Lt. Christopher Heverly, commander of the Ravenna Post, said in a prepared statement. "State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year in an attempt to combat these dangerous drivers. OVI checkpoints are designed to …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Ohio State Highway Patrol will announce the location Friday morning.
Portage County is becoming a popular location for sobriety checkpoints this year. The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Thursday morning that Portage will again be the site for a drunken driving checkpoint Friday evening. The street location for the checkpoint will be announced Friday morning. Check Patch for updates. The checkpoints are federally funded and local police departments assist in the operation. The purpose is to "deter and intercept impaired drivers," according to the OSHP. "Based on provisional data, there were 332 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 359 people were killed last year and 7,507 injured in Ohio,” Lt. Nakia Hendrix, commander of the Ravenna Post, said. “State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year…
Monday, April 9, 2012
When the place and time is announced, Patch will post an update on the site. Continue to check the site this week to find out the details.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Monday morning that a sobriety checkpoint will be set up soon ... but the place and time has not been announced yet. The county where the checkpoint will take place will be announced the day prior to the checkpoint and the location will be announced the morning of the checkpoint. The purpose of the checkpoint is to intercept impaired drivers, according to the OSHP. “Based on provisional data, there were 332 OVI related fatal crashes in which 359 people were killed last year in Ohio,” Lieutenant Nakia J. Hendrix, Commander of the Patrol’s Ravenna Post, said. “State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year in combating these dangerous drivers. OVI checkpoints are designed to not only …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Portage County one of several counties with checkpoints on St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day ended unhappily for 17 people who left Kent and drove south late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. Seventeen drivers were charged with drunk driving Saturday after being stopped at a sobriety checkpoint on S.R. 43 just south of Kent. The checkpoint, run by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Portage County Sheriff's Office and Brimfield Police, screened 582 cars total between 10 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday. Of those 582 cars, 23 cars were diverted, according to the highway patrol. A total 25 people were arrested. The highway patrol announced the location of the checkpoint on S.R. 43 Saturday morning following several days of announcements about a possible checkpoint in Portage County. The checkpoint also followed a …
Saturday, March 17, 2012
The checkpoint will be from 10 p.m. March 17 until 3 a.m. March 18.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol, with the help of the Portage County Sheriff's Office and the Brimfield Police Department, will have a drunken driving checkpoint tonight on State Route 43. The the sobriety checkpoint will be set up on S.R. 43 in Brimfield (Portage County) from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. The operation is being funded by federal grant funds and is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers, according to police. The press release from the highway patrol is attached to this post in the form of a .pdf.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Ohio State Highway Patrol will announce exact location in the morning.
Portage County will be the location of an OVI checkpoint sometime Saturday evening – St. Patrick's Day – the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Friday. The patrol issued a release earlier this week warning that the sobriety checkpoint would be set up somewhere within the next week at an undetermined location. The exact location of the checkpoint will not be announced until Saturday morning. Lt. Michael Marucci, commander of the Ravenna Post, said the OVI checkpoint, funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers. "Based on provisional data, there were 332 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 359 people were killed last year and 7,507 injured in Ohio," Marucci said. "State troopers make on average 25,000 …
Monday, March 12, 2012
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said it will announce the location the morning of the operation.
There will be an OVI checkpoint somewhere in the area this week, but the Ohio State Highway Patrol has not announced the location or day yet. The patrol announced in a press release Monday morning from Ravenna that sometime in the next seven days a sobriety checkpoint will be set up to "deter and intercept impaired drivers." The day before the checkpoint is set up, the county where it will take place will be announced. The morning of the checkpoint, the location will be announced. "If you plan to consume alcohol, designate a driver or make other travel arrangements before you drink. Don't let another life be lost for the senseless and selfish act of getting behind the wheel impaired," a press release stated. Wherever the checkpoint is set…
Monday, June 27, 2011
Local law enforcement set up a sobriety checkpoint to catch drivers under the influence
Local authorities try to keep the roads safe in Kent this weekend.
Thompson Fitzgerald
7:16 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2013
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