02/08/10 The Albany County Stop-DWI program held its second DWI-sweep of the year from 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5 to 5 a.m. Monday Feb. 8. A total of 1,048 vehicles were stopped and 21 people were arrested for DWI. Two additional arrests were for the felony level offense of aggravated-DWI, with the person testing at a BAC of at least 0.18. Another two arrests were for DWAI, with the person arrested being under the influence of drugs. The average BAC of the DWI arrests was 0.13, wit... Continue Reading

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