“Mr. Checkpoint” tweets out location of DUI roadblocks

As Memorial Day weekend gets underway, law enforcement is out in full force to crack down on drunk driving.

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But SDSU grad Sennett Devermont, better known as “MrCheckpoint,” is also working overtime, publicizing through social media the locations and times of DUI checkpoints throughout San Diego and the rest of Southern California, including Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles counties.

Devermont uses Twitter, Facebook, his own website and text messages to get the word out to his tens of thousands of followers.

“When I realized the positive impact it had…. I decided to make the service free,” Devermont told News 8.

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