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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — While the Fourth of July weekend saw an obvious influx in traffic and tourists in Lake Tahoe and in Incline Village/Crystal Bay, crime and drunken driving arrests didn't see a similar increase.
“It was a well-behaved crowd,” said Sgt. Bill Devine of the Washoe County Sheriff's Office. “It was a large crowd, but it was a festive group that was under control.”
In all, WCSO officials made five arrests Saturday and early Sunday in Incline; one a DUI, two were minors in consumption and two were for outstanding warrants.
Also on Saturday, WCSO teamed with Sparks Police Department Carson City Sheriff's Office and Nevada Highway Patrol to conduct a “Joining Forces” DUI checkpoint on State Route 28 near Sand Harbor. Of the 1,508 vehicles screened during the 5-hour checkpoint, police made just three arrests.
Below are stats from the checkpoint, according to NHP:
• Total number of vehicles screened: 1,508.
• Total DUI arrests: two — one made at the checkpoint, a male juvenile; and another adult who attempted to avoid the checkpoint.
• Total number of vehicles sent for secondary screening: 26.
• Total number of vehicles that attempted to avoid the checkpoint: 28.
• Total other citations issued: two (a 17-year-old female juvenile with a BAC of 0.12 percent was cited for minor in consumption and another motorist received a citation for not using a child restraint seat).
Total arrests charges: 3.
“It was a well-behaved crowd,” said Sgt. Bill Devine of the Washoe County Sheriff's Office. “It was a large crowd, but it was a festive group that was under control.”
In all, WCSO officials made five arrests Saturday and early Sunday in Incline; one a DUI, two were minors in consumption and two were for outstanding warrants.
Also on Saturday, WCSO teamed with Sparks Police Department Carson City Sheriff's Office and Nevada Highway Patrol to conduct a “Joining Forces” DUI checkpoint on State Route 28 near Sand Harbor. Of the 1,508 vehicles screened during the 5-hour checkpoint, police made just three arrests.
Below are stats from the checkpoint, according to NHP:
• Total number of vehicles screened: 1,508.
• Total DUI arrests: two — one made at the checkpoint, a male juvenile; and another adult who attempted to avoid the checkpoint.
• Total number of vehicles sent for secondary screening: 26.
• Total number of vehicles that attempted to avoid the checkpoint: 28.
• Total other citations issued: two (a 17-year-old female juvenile with a BAC of 0.12 percent was cited for minor in consumption and another motorist received a citation for not using a child restraint seat).
Total arrests charges: 3.
No mussels sighted
At various beaches lake-wide, officials found no trace of quagga and zebra mussels on the more than 1,000 boats inspected from July 3 to July 5.Although about five boats were turned away because they were from high risk areas and two were detained for decontamination this week, the shelled invaders did not make an appearance this Independence Day weekend, said Nicole Cartwright, program manager of the Tahoe Resource Conservation District's Invasive Species Program.
“It went very well,” she said. “We did have a hand full of people very angry because of the whole process and the fee, but otherwise every thing went really well.”
