Friday, December 17, 1999
Crescent Springs singled out for high drunk-driving arrests
BY JANE PRENDERGAST
The Cincinnati Enquirer
CRESCENT SPRINGS — The police department here can brag about second-place honors in Kentucky's annual statewide tally of drunken-driving arrests.
Officers made 211 DUI arrests between Oct. 1, 1998 and Sept. 30, the biggest chunk by Sgt. Norman Lyle, who had 81. The department, ranked with departments having 10 or fewer officers, is the only one in Northern Kentucky to be singled out.
“We're pretty pleased to get this,” said Officer James Wendeln, spokesman for the 10-officer force. “I think it says a lot for our department and the city.”
The Governor's Impaired Driving Enforcement Awards highlight 159 agencies across the commonwealth, which totalled 33,135 DUI arrests during the time period. The highway safety branch of the Kentucky State Police uses the “contest” to promote continued commitment to patrolling roads for impaired drivers.
That reinforcement came just as officials prepared for the annual National Holiday Lifesaver Weekend, a pre-holiday campaign to promote safe driving that begins today at 5 p.m.
From then until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, police officers and state troopers across the country will focus on the most common causes of fatalities during the holiday season — speeding, drunken driving and failure to use safety restraints.
Officials urge people to always designate a sober driver before parties and to buckle children in the back seats of cars. In Kentucky, report erratic drivers at (800) 222-5555.
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Northern Kentucky police involved in the Governor's Impaired Driving Enforcement Awards nominated officers who made the most arrests:
Bellevue, total of six, three of those by Leland Estepp; Boone County Police, 304, 50 by James Hill; Boone County Sheriff, 75, Rob Reuthe, 19; Campbell County Police, 92, Gilbert Marksberry, 22; Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport, 73, Ralph Gerdes, 11; Covington, 336, Brian Valenti, 66; Crittenden, 44, Bobby Keith Newman, 37; Dry Ridge, 63, Jerry Handy II, 25; Erlanger, 233, Shawn Sims, 37; Falmouth, 19, Louis C. Jones Jr., 5; Florence, 200, Todd Mas sey, 39; Fort Mitchell, 186, Jim Bussman, 62; Fort Wright, 74, Amy C. Schworer, 22; Grant County Sheriff, 38, Jerome Huff, 17; Highland Heights, 90, David Fornash, 25; Independence, 82, William Conrad, 33; Kenton County Police, 189, Benjamin Wilson, 37; Kentucky State Police Post 6, Dry Ridge, 483, Jerry Fieger, 61; Ludlow, 29, Chief Tom Collins, 12; Newport, 296, Ronnie Gross, 112; Southgate, 131, Vincent Nunn, 84; Taylor Mill, 83, Patrick Reis, 45; Villa Hills, 13, Frank Monterosso and Gene Lovensheimer, 3 each; Walton, 26, Daniel Lee Stephens, 18; Wilder, 140, Michael Murdock, 77.
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