A woman dressed as a geisha for Halloween was one of 14 drunken-driving suspects arrested last weekend in the biggest “no-refusal” enforcement ever conducted in Kane County.

Thirteen police agencies — 11 municipal departments, the Kane County sheriff’s office and Illinois State Police — participated in the DUI crackdown on Friday and Saturday nights, the most since the program started in 2008.

Of those drivers arrested, only two initially refused to provide a breath sample, a decision that takes the driver to either the St. Charles or Elgin police stations. Kane County assistant state’s attorneys were on hand at both stations to draft a search warrant to be signed by a judge, aimed at compelling the DUI suspect to provide a breath or blood sample.

Both drivers eventually provided breath samples, State’s Attorney John Barsanti said Tuesday.

The enforcement was the fourth “no-refusal” weekend since the program started over Memorial Day weekend in 2008.

The search-warrant procedure is intended to outmaneuver suspects who refuse to comply with state laws that mandate a Breathalyzer test.

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