Lawndale reaches magic number in crosswalk sting
Deputies wrote 32 tickets and towed two cars away during a 2 1/2 hour crosswalk sting Wednesday in Lawndale.
The sting began about 12:30 p.m. on Hawthorne Boulevard at 156th Street. Six civilian volunteers dressed in street clothes crossed back and forth. Deputies in patrol cars pulled over people who failed to stop for the pedestrians, sheriff's Deputy Tim White said.
Deputies will conduct similar checkpoints in Lawndale about once a month.
The sting began about 12:30 p.m. on Hawthorne Boulevard at 156th Street. Six civilian volunteers dressed in street clothes crossed back and forth. Deputies in patrol cars pulled over people who failed to stop for the pedestrians, sheriff's Deputy Tim White said.
Deputies will conduct similar checkpoints in Lawndale about once a month.
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