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Police to Be on the Lookout for Drunken Drivers on South Side This Weekend

By Josh McGhee | December 11, 2014 5:30am
 Chicago Police will be on high alert for drunken drivers this weekend on the South Side.
Chicago Police will be on high alert for drunken drivers this weekend on the South Side.
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CHICAGO — Chicago Police will be on high alert for drunken drivers this weekend on the South Side.

Police will set up a checkpoint looking for impaired drivers 6401 S. Ashland Ave. in Englewood from 7 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday.

From 7 p.m. Saturday until 3 a.m. Sunday, police will conduct a special DUI patrol in the Bridgeport-based Deering District.

During a similar crackdown last weekend in the Grand Crossing District, 116 tickets were issued and two people were arrested for driving under the influence, police said.

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