South Carolina Criminal Attorney Blog

Its that time of year again, the holidays. Although you might drive up on a checkpoint anytime of the year, at least with the holidays you know they will out there, somewhere. This past weekend the police set one up for nearly three hours with 17 officers running it. The checkpoint resulted in 18 people being arrested and 65 citations given out. Of the 775 vehicles that were checked 15 ended up being towed.
People not carrying their proof of insurance took first prize which resulted in a total of 18 tickets for that alone. Of the people that were arrested, a number of them were for drug possession, including Schedule IV, Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, and seven charges for Simple Possession of Marijuana. And there was just one Driving Under the Influence. With it being a Friday night its somewhat unusual that there was only one DUI.
The most common violations were of the least serious. In addition to the no proof of insurance there were 17 tickets for various violations regarding licenses and 13 with regards to registration and eight regarding equipment.
You can rest assured the police will be setting more checkpoints as we get closer to the holidays which are usually held at night and are done by setting up roadblocks.