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Parolee in stolen car arrested at DUI checkpoint

Police arrested nine people at a Saturday night driver's license and sobriety checkpoint, an Escondido police lieutenant said.

The checkpoint at East El Norte Parkway and Ash Street ran from 6 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday, Lt. Chris Wynn said.

Wynn said 2,132 vehicles entered the checkpoint and police screened 1,057.

Police arrested six suspected drunken drivers and one parolee driving a stolen car, Wynn said. One person was arrested for public drunkenness, and another was arrested for possession of false documents, he said…

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