By Daily Press staff
POLICE HDQTRS. — Four people were arrested Friday night when they were stopped at a sobriety checkpoint on Lincoln Boulevard, as part of a holiday weekend crackdown.
The Santa Monica Police Department conducted a driver’s license and sobriety checkpoint in the 2600 block of Lincoln Boulevard, between Ocean Park Boulevard and Hill Street.
In addition to the drunk driving arrests, police issued 16 citations for a variety of vehicle code offenses and towed seven vehicles. A total of 2,045 vehicles drove through the checkpoint, and 180 vehicles were stopped in a five-hour period.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 6, 2004. Read the original PDF.