From the Maryland State Police:
(PIKESVILLE, MD) – State Police drunk driving patrols in every Maryland county during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend led to the arrests of more than 100 people who are suspected of driving under the influence.
From Friday, March 14th, through Monday, March 17th, Maryland state troopers arrested 120 drunk drivers during sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and regular road patrols throughout the state. These efforts were in direct response to the known increase in drinking and driving resulting from holiday celebrations.
Troopers at the Berlin Barrack in Worcester County led the 22 State Police barracks with 17 DUI arrests, followed by the Golden Ring Barrack in Baltimore County with 13 arrests. The JFK Highway Barrack, where troopers patrol I-95 north of Baltimore and the Rockville Barrack in Montgomery County totaled 11 arrests each.
The full-time drunk driving enforcement team of troopers known as the State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort, or S.P.I.D.R.E., also made 11 DUI arrests during the period. The S.P.I.D.R.E. Team is funded by a grant from the Maryland Highway Safety Office.
Troopers also dealt with situations that were reminders of why drinking and driving must remain an enforcement priority. On Saturday, troopers from the Frederick Barrack found a vehicle that had driving off Interstate 70 into the median. The driver was arrested for DUI, which troopers learned was her fifth DUI arrest in the past year. In Harford County early Sunday morning, troopers responded to a crash that occurred when a drunk driver ran into the back of another vehicle on Rt. 7. Also that morning, a trooper in Charles County spotted a car traveling south in the northbound lanes of Rt. 301. The trooper found the driver was under the influence and arrested him for DUI.
Last night, a trooper from the North East Barrack responded a single vehicle crash on Rt. 285 in Chesapeake City and arrested the driver for DUI. Just after midnight, troopers in Queen Anne’s Co. responded to a single vehicle crash on Rt. 8 at Matapeake Middle School. The driver was arrested for DUI. Both drivers are looking into getting a dui lawyer for assistance on the case.
I want to thank the troopers who did check points. That is what they are used for. Over 122 people taken off the street. They will be back on the street after posting bail or being ROR, but at least they have been put in cuffs. I for one do not want those despicable people driving while myself or my family is on the road. I have no love for people who decide to drink and drive. Let all the people try and defend these fine outstanding citizens for getting behind the wheel. I’m sure they didn’t think they would get caught. Let all the people’s rights people come out of the woodwork to say this is an invasion of privacy. Yeah OK. Could you say the same thing if one of your family members were hurt by a thoughtless person to drink and drive.
Pay no mind to the thumbs down. Likely they are the result of sadists looking to express their dissent about something they disagree with for purely malicious reasons. Driving on public roads is a privilege. If you do not want to conform to the requirements you suffer the consequences for your sense of entitlement.
Why in the Hell is someone that has Four DUI in one year still driving??? The System totally sucks
you can thank all the liberals who want someone like that to have privacy rights.
Seriously? Your DA is a Republican and you think he didn’t have a hand (or choose to ignore) in the decision to give her a chance at a fifth violation? You really need to pay more attention to the revolving door that is Justice here in this county. One girl went to trial for a suspended license in January 2012 (Nolle Pro Se), got caught driving again on a suspended license, failing to return to the scene of an accident and five other charges in February 2012 and got ten days in the detention center, and as she was waiting trial for the second violation she was caught again driving on a suspended license in May 2012 and received PBJ.
The court system has a short attention span.
Actually, I believe we can thank the founding fathers. Our right to privacy is in the Constitution.
The word “privacy” does not appear in the US Constitution. Are you speaking of the protections found in the fourth amendment?
Thank goodness for Jesse Bane.
if he doesn’t know about it, does it count?
Jesse Bane would not have lasted a day as a Maryland State Trooper. He would have been washed out of law enforcement years ago and would not be the blight on the image of the Sheriff’s Office that he is today.
Yes, it must be so tough giving out tickets all day.
You are mistaken. Jesse Bane does so much for Harford County. Harford County loves Sheriff Bane.
Jesse’s Girl Bane does care more about the Thugs in Edgewood than he does his own Deputies he has turned his back on a disabled veteran Sgt. I even heard that a deputy who needed his help called him 6 times and sent him several e-mails and Bane refused to respond. This from a guy who claimed to have so much experience and never made an arrest in his career