2 charged with OVI after 588 vehicles pass through Austintown checkpoint

2 charged with OVI after 588 vehicles pass through Austintown checkpoint

Staff report

AUSTINTOWN

Two drivers were charged with operating a vehicle under the influence resulting from a checkpoint Saturday night and early Sunday.

The Mahoning Valley OVI Task Force conducted the checkpoint on Mahoning Avenue at Howard Avenue. A total of 588 vehicles that passed through the checkpoint. In addition to the two OVI arrests, there was one summons for driving under suspension, two citations for drug abuse, one for possession of drug paraphernalia, one for open container and an arrest on a felony warrant.