DUI Enforcement
reports released
The North Central PA Regional DUI Enforcement Program reported 17 vehicles were contacted and detained during a Roving DUI Patrol conducted on Feb. 14 by two officers from two departments.
There was one driver tested for DUI and although there were no DUI arrests, the officers arrested one person for underage drinking.
They also made six traffic arrests, two criminal arrests and issued 13 warning notices.
Police investigate
underage drinking
Pottsville police are continuing their investigation into an underage drinking party that officers were called to about 11:45 p.m. Saturday.
Police said officers were called to the 600 block of Pierce Street for a report of underage drinking and disorderly conduct.
At the scene, police said they determined that numerous people under the age of 21 had been consuming alcoholic beverages inside a house at 625 Pierce St.
Officers confiscated various alcoholic beverages from the scene and removed all the minors from the building, releasing them to their parents or guardians.
Port Carbon and Saint Clair police assisted at the scene, and police said additional information will be made available at the conclusion of the investigation.