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2 People Arrested, 114 Ticketed in Jeff Park Drunken Driving Crackdown

November 7, 2015 10:00am | Updated November 9, 2015 8:32am
A Chicago Police Department DUI Strike Force will patrol the Far Northwest Side this weekend.
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JEFFERSON PARK — Two people were arrested and 114 tickets were issued during a weekend crackdown on drunken driving, police said Friday.

Police from the Jefferson Park Police District conducted a DUI Strike Force patrol from 7 p.m. Sept. 19 to 3 a.m. Sept. 20 on the Far Northwest Side.

One person was arrested for drunken driving and another was arrested for possession of cannabis, police said.

Forty-five people were cited for driving an unsafe vehicle, 15 were ticketed for not having proper insurance, 14 were ticketed for not wearing their seat belts and seven for not having their driver's licenses, police said.

Thirty-two other drivers were also ticketed and three cars were towed, police said.

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