CMPD charges 4 people with DWI after checkpoint

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department set up a DWI checkpoint on Central Avenue. The checkpoint was set up Thursday which ran from 11 pm until 3 am. The CMPD received assistance from the Matthews Police Department and Cornelius Police Department. Police charged...

Booze It and Lose It arrest numbers released

The arrest numbers have been released from North Carolina’s “Booze It & Lose It” campaign which ran through St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The campaign ran from March 15th- 17th. A total of 690 people were charged with DWI. There were 2,391 DWI checkpoints and...

Police officer texting while testifying at DWI trial

A woman in Forsyth County may have her DWI conviction overturned because a police officer was texting from the witness stand during her trial. The woman had a bench trial before a judge earlier this month and someone observed the police officer texting while on the...