{"id":82574,"date":"2026-01-09T17:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/82574\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:46:09","slug":"state-police-announce-lehigh-valley-dui-checkpoint-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/82574\/","title":{"rendered":"State police announce Lehigh Valley DUI checkpoint this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/lehigh-county\/\" title=\"Navigate to Lehigh County\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lehigh County<\/a>Published: Jan. 09, 2026, 12:11 p.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Dauphin County's DUI Task Force sets up a checkpoint on Front Street in Harrisburg\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4GOHD4XZPZB6VPCRFLOXOP342Q.jpg\"  \/>A DUI checkpoint is conducted in June 2018 in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania State Police at Fogelsville plan to conduct a sobriety checkpoint between Friday and Sunday, Jan. 9-11, 2026, in Lehigh County to combat impaired driving.Sean Simmers File Photo | For PennLive.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"74LWG3NF35F6TJPOFX4AEUBRVM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/psp\/resources\/public-information-release-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/psp\/resources\/public-information-release-reports\">Pennsylvania State Police<\/a> said troopers will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in Lehigh County this weekend to combat impaired driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3QDNT6MCXNF5LPASJZJJ243PMA\">Troop M police at Fogelsville will run the enforcement detail between Friday and Sunday, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"S42SMMR53ZGGPDBRH57YR2WHEI\">During the operation, troopers will systematically stop vehicles to observe drivers for signs of alcohol or drug impairment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KTJYOUBLUZF25FVDTLOW7KQNXE\">State police warned that motorists who attempt to avoid the checkpoint face severe criminal penalties. Under Pennsylvania law, fleeing a sobriety stop is a third-degree felony. A conviction can result in up to seven years in prison and fines of as much as $15,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LD2N7JXXSFBSDN2EGK7LGAPEZI\">The initiative aims to improve highway safety and reduce the frequency of alcohol-related crashes on local roads.<\/p>\n<p>The Advance Local Express Desk uses AI tools to assist in producing content, which is reviewed and edited by staff. Advance Local is the parent company of AL.com, Cleveland.com, lehighvalleylive.com,&#8230; more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lehigh CountyPublished: Jan. 09, 2026, 12:11 p.m.A DUI checkpoint is conducted in June 2018 in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania State&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":{"0":"post-82574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82574","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=82574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}