Get Home Safely This New Year's Eve
Yorkville police have a simple message for New Year's Eve revelers: Don't drink and drive.
David Delaney has a message for anyone hitting the town on New Year's Eve: Don't drive drunk. "If we catch you, we have zero tolerance," said Delaney, deputy chief with the Yorkville Police Department. "We will arrest you." And Delaney has something else to add: Being arrested for drunk driving is expensive. Factoring in attorneys' fees, fines and court costs, the average DUI charge will cost motorists from $4,000 to $5,000, Delaney said. Those motorists who are convicted will also lose their driving privileges for a year to two years. The Yorkville Police Department also distributes the names of people charged with drunk driving to the local media. Delaney's point is simple, then: This New Year's Eve—or on any night, actually—don't risk …
