{"id":52994,"date":"2025-12-05T12:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/52994\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:57:10","slug":"sobriety-checkpoint-planned-later-this-month-in-northampton-county-pa-state-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/52994\/","title":{"rendered":"Sobriety checkpoint planned later this month in Northampton County, Pa. state police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pennsylvania State Police <\/a>will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in Northampton County<\/a> between Friday, Dec. 12, and Sunday, Dec. 14, according to an announcement from Troop M\u2019s Belfast barracks.<\/p>\n

Troopers will systematically stop vehicles at selected locations to briefly observe drivers for signs of alcohol or drug impairment. The checkpoint aims to reduce the number of alcohol and drug-related fatal and serious crashes and to decrease the number of impaired drivers on Pennsylvania\u2019s highways.<\/p>\n

State police said the checkpoint is part of their commitment to maintaining a safe environment for the motoring public.<\/p>\n

Authorities reminded motorists about Title 75 Section 3733, which addresses fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. Any driver who willfully fails or refuses to stop their vehicle, or who flees or attempts to elude a pursuing police officer, commits an offense that can be graded as a felony of the third degree. The charge carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison, a $15,000 fine and restitution for damages or injuries sustained as a result of the pursuit.<\/p>\n

More information about the Pennsylvania State Police is available at www.psp.pa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania State Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in Northampton County between Friday, Dec. 12, and Sunday, Dec.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-52994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}