DWI checkpoints this weekend in Monmouth and Ocean counties

The Monmouth County DWI Task force will conduct a DWI checkpoint in Deal to detect drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The checkpoint will run from 11 p.m. Saturday through 3 a.m. Sunday on Ocean Avenue.  Task force members and Deal police will pull vehicles from the northbound lanes into the Deal Casino Beach Club parking lot to determine driver’s sobriety, according to Brielle Police Chief Michael W. Palmer, the task force coordinator. Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato, meanwhile, has announced that his department will bring back its annual countywide DWI checkpoint program.