Morris Prosecutor: DWI Checkpoint in Mount Olive in August

Published on July 25, 2018

Checkpoint in Parsippany Remains Through End of July

Morris County authorities will be on the lookout for intoxicated drivers for the month of August in Mount Olive.

Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Prosecutor's Office Chief of Investigations Stephen Wilson, and Mount Olive Police Chief Stephen Beecher announce the implementation of a joint Driving While Intoxicated checkpoint at a not-to-be-disclosed location in Mount Olive for the month of August.

Law enforcement personnel from the Morris County Prosecutor's Office and the Mount Olive Police Department will conduct the checkpoint.(JPG, 13KB)

DWI checkpoints are funded by grants received by the Prosecutor's Office from the State Division of Highway Traffic Safety to establish checkpoints in cooperation with municipal police departments throughout Morris County.

The Prosecutor's Office has set up sobriety checks in the past two years in Chester, Denville, Jefferson, Mount Olive, Randolph, Roxbury, Washington Township, and most recently in Parsippany, where a checkpoint will remain until the end of this momnth.

Further DWI checkpoint dates and locations will be announced in the future.

Inquiries should be directed to Public Information Officer Peter DiGennaro at pressinquiry@co.morris.nj.us or 973-829-8159.