Overnight Traffic Stop Produces 16 DWI's

Sixteen people were arrested for driving while intoxicated after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police conducted a traffic checkpoint Saturday night. The checkpoint was held on Park Road close to it's intersection with Kenilworth Avenue and Scott Avenue in south Charlotte.

Of the sixteen DWI arrests, four were under the legal drinking age of 21. There were also two drug charges and one stolen firearm charge. Fourteen people were caught driving with no license, while five were driving on a revoked license. In all, 58 charges were issued.

Checkpoints like this are critical to maintaining the integrity of our driving safety in the Charlotte area.

Thursday Night Traffic Stop Produces 11 Arrests, 117 Citations

Eleven people were put behind bars Thursday night as the result of a DWI checkpoint set up by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Of those 11 people, five were charged with driving while intoxicated.

The checkpoint started at 11:00 Thursday night on the 5200 block of North Sharon Amity Road, near its junction with East W.T. Harris Boulevard. It continued until about 3:00 Friday morning. CMPD handed out 117 citations as a result of the traffic stop, including 32 for driving while license revoked and 28 for driving without a license.

In addition to the DWI's and driving charges, there were two open container charges and five drug charges.

Drunk Woman Evades DWI Checkpoint & Crashes

Denise Garcia

Denise Garcia, 25, is charged with DWI after a wrong-way collision early this morning at the junction of Independence Boulevard and the Brookshire Freeway. The accident occurred as Garcia tried to  evade police, who had set up a sobriety roadblock.  

The CMPD said they received several calls around 3am in regards to a silver sedan traveling the wrong way on Independence Boulevard.  A short time later, Garcia's car struck a CMPD patrol car and was stopped.  Police say they arrested Denise Garcia and charged her with DWI, reckless driving, failure to heed to a blue light/siren and driving with an expired license. Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported

DWI Checking Station on Idlewild Rd

CMPD & Matthews Police Dept conducted a DWI Checking Station in the 6700 blk of Idlewild Road near Cedarwild Road from 11:00pm- 3:00am.

The BAT Mobile was on-site in conjunction with the Holiday “Booze it and Lose it” Campaign which runs from Dec 3rd through Jan 2nd.

The results from the checkpoint are as follows:
DWI charges - 7
DWI under 21 charges- 2
DWLR (Driving while License Revoked)- 12
NOL- 16 (No License)
Open Container- 2
Drug Charges- 2
Possess alcohol underage- 1
Other citations- 21
Total charges- 62  ~  Total arrests- 13