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State troopers run DWI check in Washington

By Jacob Brooks
Published/Last Modified on Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:19 AM CDT


The Daily News

BOGALUSA - Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop L conducted a DWI checkpoint Friday night in eastern Washington Parish, a few miles north of Bogalusa.

The checkpoint was conducted at mile-marker 39.5 of Louisiana Highway 21, near the intersection of Louisiana Highway 436.

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Troopers screened 181 vehicles and made five DWI arrests, said Trooper Louis Calato.

Ten troopers, along with two deputies from the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office, worked the checkpoint, and a mobile command post from Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries was also used in the operation.

The checkpoint ran 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday.

State police will continue to conduct DWI checkpoints and work to keep impaired drivers off the roadways, Calato added.

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