The Mahoning County OVI Task Force has announced the locations of two sobriety checkpoint tonight.

According to a news release, the first checkpoint will be on South Avenue near Mathews Road in Boardman from 10:00 pm until 12:00 am. 

The second checkpoint will be on Route 224 at Marinthana near the Southern Park Mall in Boardman and will run from 1:00 am until 3 a.m. Sunday.

In addition, saturation patrols will be conducted throughout the weekend.

In 1990 the U.S. Supreme court ruled that holding sobriety checkpoints without first notifying drivers would violate the Constitution's provision barring illegal search and seizure.

In their ruling however, the justices did not spell out what they considered to be adequate notification.

That same year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published recommended procedures for OVI checkpoints which included notifying the media of the planned roadblocks.