Last week we reported in our blog that the Ocoee Police Department and numerous other agencies including the Orlando Police Department and Orange County Sheriff’s office would be conducting a DUI checkpoint over the weekend. It seems not everyone was reading our blog. Twenty people were arrested on charges of DUI, 10 others were arrested on other charges and numerous Florida traffic tickets were handed out as well.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that one man tried to escape the checkpoint by accelerating and attempting to get on Florida’s Turnpike before crashing. The man abandoned his car and tried to escape on foot. He was caught and arrested after officers found three pounds of marijuana in his car. There were nearly 150 people working the checkpoint including MADD volunteers.