{"id":211748,"date":"2026-03-09T16:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211748\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:04:11","slug":"fresno-police-arrest-5-for-dui-26-cited-at-weekend-checkpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211748\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Police Arrest 5 for DUI, 26 Cited at Weekend Checkpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five people were arrested for driving under the influence during an overnight checkpoint Saturday at Maple Avenue and Cesar Chavez Boulevard, the Fresno Police Department said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The checkpoint operated from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., during which authorities contacted 285 vehicles. In addition to the five DUI arrests, 26 drivers were cited for operating a vehicle while unlicensed or with a suspended or revoked license, police said.<\/p>\n<p>DUI checkpoint locations are selected based on reported incidents of impaired driving-related crashes. The primary purpose of the checkpoints is to promote public safety by taking suspected impaired drivers off the roads.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next DUI enforcement operation, a DUI saturation patrol, is scheduled for March 14, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for Saturday\u2019s checkpoint was provided by a grant through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five people were arrested for driving under the influence during an overnight checkpoint Saturday at Maple Avenue and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-211748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}