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Crime & Mayhem

Police To Crack Down on Drunken Drivers on South Side Friday Night

By Ed Komenda | February 12, 2016 5:38am
Officers will set up a DUI checkpoint from 7 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday at 1300 W. Garfield Blvd.
Officers will set up a DUI checkpoint from 7 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday at 1300 W. Garfield Blvd.
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BACK OF THE YARDS — Chicago Police will set up a DUI checkpoint on the South Side Friday night to look for drunken drivers, people not wearing seatbelts and other violations, police said.

The crackdown will be from 7 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday at 1300 W. Garfield Blvd., police said.

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