{"id":321829,"date":"2026-05-18T22:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/321829\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:04:40","slug":"4-arrested-7-vehicles-impounded-during-dui-checkpoint-on-union-ave-bpd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/321829\/","title":{"rendered":"4 arrested, 7 vehicles impounded during DUI checkpoint on Union Ave: BPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 Four people, including one driver with a previous conviction, were arrested in a DUI and licensing checkpoint Friday, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BPD conducted the checkpoint in the 1400 block of Union Avenue on Saturday, May 16 from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Watch 17 News, After Sunrise and more local news free on your smart TV. Click to learn more about KGET+;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Watch 17 News, After Sunrise and more local news free on your smart TV. Click to learn more about KGET+&quot;}\"> Watch 17 News, After Sunrise and more local news free on your smart TV. Click to learn more about KGET+ <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Of the four drivers arrested for DUI, one had a prior DUI conviction, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two drivers were cited for driving on a suspended license and three drivers were cited for driving without a license. Seven vehicles were impounded, according to a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said they screened 1,098 vehicles during the checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 Four people, including one driver with a previous conviction, were arrested in a DUI&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,324,37751,11077,76020,23789],"class_list":["post-321829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-bakersfield-police-department","tag-checkpoint","tag-dui","tag-dui-conviction","tag-union-avenue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321829","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=321829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}