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.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Information provided by the Bath Township Police Department.
A Copley woman called police on Christmas Eve after her car slid off the road in the snow, according to a Bath Township police report. Lisa Teter, 43, told police West Bath Road was slippery and that she had three — ages 7, 8 and 12 — in the car. Officers at the scene thought they smelled alcohol on the woman's breath and asked her to come back to the station, the report said. Officers asked Teter to perform field sobriety tests, which she failed, and she blew a 0.216 in a breath test, the report stated. The legal limit is 0.08. Teter was charged with child endangering and drunken driving.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The oldest person to get a DUI in Fairlawn this year was 61 and the highest blood alcohol level was 0.262.
Do you know how many drinks you can have before you're in danger of getting a drunken driving violation? This year in Bath Township, there have been two notable car accidents caused by drunken driving (see below), and several other people pulled over while driving drunk. 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…
Monday, December 10, 2012
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 Bath Township, there have been two notable car accidents caused by drunken driving (see below), and several other people pulled over while driving drunk. 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…
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Information was provided by the Bath Township Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
An Akron woman is facing charges of child endangerment after she was caught driving drunk with her 13-year-old daughter in the car, according to a Bath Township police report. The woman's blood alcohol content was almost three times the legal limit. The Fairlawn Police Department called Bath Township Police on Nov. 11 about a possible impaired driver on Medina Road near Cleveland-Massillon Road, the report stated. Police caught up with Victoria Vozar, 34, and pulled her over. The police report stated the Vozar had glossy eyes and slurred speech. Vozar also performed poorly on field sobriety tests. Vozar was arrested for driving under the influence and was charged with child endangering because her daughter was in the car. The legal limit …
Friday, November 16, 2012
Information provided by the Copley Police Department.
Around 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 4, police pulled up to an Akron man's car, which was stopped in front of GetGo, and knocked on the window to wake him up, according to a Copley police report. The man's engine was still running and his foot was on the brake. When he awoke, he was confused about where he was. The report said officers could smell alcohol on the man's breath and he failed sobriety tests. Once at the station, the 28-year-old refused to take a breath test. He was cited with driving under the influence and released, according to the report.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Information provided by the Bath Township Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
A drunk 71-year-old man was almost side-swiped on Aug. 29 when he pulled out into traffic from Montrose Center, according to Bath Township police. A Bath officer saw the man pull out from the plaza and head north on Cleveland-Massillon Road, the report said. The man then turned right onto West Market Street and headed into Fairlawn while weaving in his lanes, the report said. The Bath officer caught up with the man at West Market Street and Bancroft Road. The report said the officer could smell alcohol and the he failed several field sobriety tests. In a breath test, he blew a 0.170. The legal limit is 0.08. Bath police charged the man with drunken driving and a marked lanes violation. He was taken back to the DoubleTree Hotel where he was…
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said it will announce the location the morning of the operation.
There will be an OVI checkpoint somewhere in the area this week, but the Ohio State Highway Patrol has not announced the location or day yet. The patrol announced in a press release Monday morning from Ravenna that sometime in the next seven days a sobriety checkpoint will be set up to "deter and intercept impaired drivers." The day before the checkpoint is set up, the county where it will take place will be announced. The morning of the checkpoint, the location will be announced. “Based on provisional data, there were 332 OVI related fatal crashes in which 359 people were killed last year in Ohio,” said Lt. Nakia J. Hendrix, Commander of the Patrol’s Ravenna Post. “State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year in combating …
Friday, August 3, 2012
Information provided by the Bath Township Police Department.
Editor's note: This story was updated at 1:40 p.m. on Aug. 3 to correct an error. On July 28, the Bath Township Police Department received a half dozen calls about a car driving north on Interstate 77 in the southbound lanes, according to a police report. Police Chief Michael McNeely said Tracie Pali, 38, of Akron, entered the southbound lanes at Ghent Road and drove nearly three miles before she stopped the car in the berm. She was near the rest area, McNeely said. Pali has two prior drunken driving convictions, McNeely added. When officers approached Pali, they could smell alcohol and she had glossy eyes and slurred speech, the report said. Pali failed several field sobriety tests. She refused a breath test. Police charged Pali with …
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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 ›