Marin CHP Bust 14 for Underage DUI Since January

Since the start of 2013, Marin County California Highway Patrol officers have arrested 14 underage people on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

While the youngest person busted was a 16-year-old Novato teen, half of the people arrested weren't Marin residents.

Five of the arrests involved drivers from Novato, Sonoma or San Francisco who were in a collision. One of the arrestees (a San Francisco 18-year-old woman) is facing felony charges because someone else was injured in a crash.

The bulk of the underage drinkers were age 20, according to the CHP.

The arrests included: 

• Two 20-year-old San Rafael men
• A 18-year-old San Rafael man
• A 17-year-old Novato male
• A 16-year-old Novato male
• A 20-year-old Novato man
• A 20-year-old Greenbrae man
• A 20-year-old Petaluma woman
• A 20-yer-old Sonoma woman
• A 20-year-old Oakland man
• A 20-year-old Santa Rosa man
• A 20-year-old San Francisco man
• A 19-year-old San Francisco woman
• A 18-year-old San Francisco female

The arrests were made primarily on freeways, highways and unincorporated county roads. 

Last year, the Marin CHP arrested 20 people who were age 18 or under and 40 people ages 19 or 20 for DUI. 

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