The Suffolk County Police Department, assisted by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office and New York State Police Department, arrested seven motorists during an overnight sobriety checkpoint in Patchogue.
Police officers from the Suffolk County Police Department’s Highway Patrol Bureau SAFE-T Team conducted a joint sobriety checkpoint operation with Suffolk County Deputy Sheriffs and New York State Police at Waverly Plaza from September 4 at 11 p.m. until September 5 at 2:30 a.m. Volunteers and staff from MADD also assisted, giving educational information to motorists.
The checkpoint was part of a holiday weekend enforcement crackdown targeting alcohol- and drug-impaired driving. A total of 465 vehicles went through the checkpoint.
The arrestees will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on September 5.