One driver arrested during Friday OVI checkpoint

Officers from Monroe, Middletown and the Ohio State Highway Patrol participated in an OVI checkpoint Early Saturday morning, June 11, 2011 along OH-4 in Monroe, Ohio. Staff photo by Nick Graham

Officers from Monroe, Middletown and the Ohio State Highway Patrol participated in an OVI checkpoint Early Saturday morning, June 11, 2011 along OH-4 in Monroe, Ohio. Staff photo by Nick Graham

The Butler County OVI Task Force arrested one driver for operating a vehicle while intoxicated in Monroe on Friday night. No further information was available about that driver.

During the checkpoint staged on Cincinnati-Dayton Road at Todhunter Road, the task force checked 458 vehicles. One driver was diverted for further investigation and subsequently arrested, according to task force coordinator Pete Reising.