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. 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 not only deter impaired …
Monday, May 13, 2013
The county where the checkpoint will be set up will not be announced until the day prior to the operation.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol sent out a press release Monday morning notifying the public that state troopers will conduct a drunken driving checkpoint sometime this week. The county where the checkpoint will be set up will be announced the day before and the exact location will be announced the morning of the checkpoint. "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," the patrol said in a prepared statement. Additional support for the checkpoint will be provided by local law enforcement agencies. Check Patch for updates when they are available.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The information in this report is from the Solon Police. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
Solon Police recently arrested two drivers and charged them with drunken driving in the last week. Here's a roundup of those arrests taken from police reports. Remember, these are only charges, and not convictions. For information on blood-alcohol and how many drinks it may take you to be over the legal limit, consult the PDF chart attached to this post.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
The information in this report is from the Solon Police. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
A Bedford woman faces charges of drunken driving and drug abuse after a Solon Police officer found her sleeping in her car in the middle of Aurora Road, according to a police report. Arrested and charged with Tamara Boykin, 37, of Bedford. She is charged with drunken driving, drug abuse, possession of drug paraphernalia and stopping or slow speed, according to the report. On Dec. 16 at about 3 a.m., a Solon Police officer found a car stopped on Aurora Road near the 31500 block. The brake lights of the car were on, and it was running. The officer approached the car to find a woman sleeping in the driver's seat with the car in drive and her foot on the brake. The officer reached into the car and put it in park before rousing the woman, reads…
Saturday, December 15, 2012
The information in this report is from the Solon Police. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
A Solon man with multiple prior drunken driving arrests was charged with drunken driving after police say he hit two mailboxes and a parked car while driving, according to a Solon Police report. Samuel Monachino, 44, of Solon, is charged with drunken driving, hit and skip and failure to control, according to the police report. According to the report, a resident on Woodlands Lane called police to tell them that a pickup truck had hit his parked car. He also said that the truck had first hit two mailboxes on Aurora Road, according to the report. Officers caught the pickup driver after he ran his truck onto a curb on SOM Center Road near Bainbridge Road. The driver refused a breathalyzer, according to the police report.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
The information in this report is from the Solon Police. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
A 34-year-old man is charged with drunken driving after he essentially turned himself in by stopping to ask a Solon police officer for directions. Arrested and charged with drunken driving is Perry L. Allen, 34, of Lakewood, according to a police report. At about 1 a.m. on Dec. 8, A Solon police officer parked at the closed Sunoco Station at SOM Center and Aurora roads was approached by a man after a car pulled in behind him. The man asked the cop for directions to Stouffers. The man smelled like alcohol and had slurred speech, according to the report. The police officer conducted field sobriety tests. The man refused a breathalyzer test.
If you insist on driving after a few drinks, here's what you should know about how alcohol affects your system and your criminal record.
Do you know how many drinks you can have before you're in danger of getting a drunken driving violation? This year in Solon, there have been a number of drunken driving arrests, including many during a checkpoint event earlier this year. As we head into the holiday season, Patch wants you to know when enough is enough. When police pull drivers over for suspected drunken driving, officers ask them to perform field sobriety tests and to take a breath test to measure Blood Alcohol Content. A BAC test measures the percentage of alcohol present in a person's bloodstream. Ohio's legal limit is 0.08. According to the Virginia Tech Alcohol Abuse Prevention website, every 40 minutes, 0.01 percent of alcohol leaves your system. The limit for …
Friday, April 13, 2012
The specific location of the checkpoint will be announced Saturday morning, the day of the operation.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced a drunk driving checkpoint will be set up in Portage County Saturday evening. The exact location will be announced Saturday morning. “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 in combating these dangerous drivers. OVI checkpoints are designed to not only deter impaired driving, but to proactively remove these dangerous drivers from our roadways.” The latest checkpoint was in Portage County in Brimfield on St. Patrick's Day. Officers arrested 17 for drunk driving.
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 …
Sunday, September 18, 2011
The information in this report is from the Solon Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction
An officer patrolling the Solon Freeway Lanes area on the night of Sept. 10 saw a large crowd gathering outside and a man screaming at the top of his lungs, according to Solon police. The man, David Sabb, 51, is an employee at the bowling alley and was screaming at his manager because she wouldn't give him his keys, police said. Sabb had been drinking since 5 p.m., and at midnight, he was ready to go home. The manager was trying to arrange a ride, and when she wouldn't hand over his keys, he became belligerent. Police arrested Sabb and charged him with disorderly conduct, but he avoided a driving while drunk charge.
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Carl S
10:54 am on Saturday, May 18, 2013
Its Saturday 11am. Are you going to keep the location a secret? C'mon....give it up :-) more ›