Warren cops hand out 130 traffic citations

WARREN — It was a busy weekend for traffic law enforcement here.

In addition to the normal 20 or so speeding tickets, red-light and stop-sign violations that are handed out on an ordinary weekend, Warren police also wrote another 130 citations under a state-funded target enforcement program last weekend.

In all, officers wrote 150 traffic citations from Friday morning to Sunday night.

The highest number of citations were for driving too fast, but a large number were for seat belt violations, driving on a suspended driver’s license or having no front license plate. A few were for having a loud muffler or cracked windshield.

Some examples of citations given by officers working regular patrols include: a citation for a Niles man driving 39 in a 25 mph zone on South Street Southeast, an Indianapolis man driving 41 in a 25 mph. zone at South Street and Pine Avenue Southeast, and a Warren woman driving 44 in a 25 mph zone at South Street and West Market Street.

All three citations were written around midnight Friday.

Officers wrote red-light citations for Warren residents at 2:15 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the downtown area.

None of the citations from the weekend were for drunk driving.

Read more in Wednesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com