Crime & Safety

Amherst Sobriety Checkpoint Snags Five for Drinking, Drugs

Amherst Police joined up with New Hampshire State Police from Troop B in Bedford to hold a sobriety checkpoint on Route 101A in Amherst, near the Hollis, Merrimack, Nashua town lines.

The effort – which ran from 9 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday – led to five arrests among 157 vehicles and operators that were contacted and screened.

Those arrests, which do not indicate a conviction, are detailed as follows:

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  • Bryan McCallum, 23, of Milford, charged with possession of a controlled drug.
  • Benjamin Mueller, 24, of Somerville, Mass., charged with transportation of a controlled drug.
  • Joesph Bonin, 17, of Milford, charged with possession and transportation of a controlled drug.
  • Katherine Rhodes, 20, of Nashua, charged with unlawful possession of alcohol.
  • Lizeth Jane Garcia, 22, of Merrimack, charged with driving while intoxicated.
The checkpoint, which was authorized by an order of the Hillsborough Superior Court and conducted under guidelines promulgated by the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, also resulted in numerous warnings and one summons for an unregistered vehicle.

A state police press release offered the following statement regarding the checkpoint:

New Hampshire State Police Colonel Robert Quinn and Amherst Police Chief Mark O. Reams and the officers of their departments consider the detection and apprehension of impaired drivers to be a top priority. They will continue to collaborate and utilize sobriety checkpoints and other means to deter, detect and remove impaired drivers from New Hampshire's roadways.

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