271 vehicles stopped by sheriff’s deputies

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office released its statistics Wednesday from a saturation patrol and sobriety checkpoint it conducted with Lawrence police last weekend. Both departments operated a checklane from 11 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday in the westbound lanes of Kansas Highway 10 at O’Connell Road.

Deputies checked 271 vehicles, conducted seven standard field sobriety tests and six portable breath tests. One person refused to take the test. A citation also was issued to a person who was driving with a suspended license.

During the countywide saturation patrol, conducted from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, deputies issued 24 speeding citations and cited one person for driving with defective headlights.