Ha. So there.
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moominmuppetI don't think I mentioned the police presence around the festival. You would have thought we were all showing up with Uzis. It was overkill on a massive scale, and looked a great deal like "lets poke at them 'til something happens, and then there'll be proof that they're bad kids". All in all, I was impressed at how mellow everything was, despite that.
Few arrests, citations at Insane Clown Posse gig
Beacon Journal staff report
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/local/6348992.htm
NELSON TWP. - The four-day concert headlined by Insane Clown Posse passed without any of the havoc feared by local authorities and township residents.
On Sunday, campground manager Evan Kelly said he expected most of the estimated 5,000 Insane Clown Posse fans would leave after the headliner of the heavy metal-rap music festival finished its final set.
``They go on at 10 p.m., and the concert ends with the Faygo Armageddon -- a mass spray fight using the sticky soda,'' said Kelly. ``I would think we'll have things pretty well wrapped up 11:30.''
Several hours earlier, clouds began to move in over the concert site at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, off state Route 282. ``I'm ready for the rain to wash over everything and then we'll have lots of cleanup ahead of us tomorrow,'' Kelly said.
As of Sunday evening Kelly said he was told by Portage County sheriff's deputies that a few arrests had been made for possession of marijuana. ``Nothing more serious than you would see outside a bar at closing time,'' Kelly said. ``I think it's gone better than I or anyone else expected.''
Law enforcement officials were pleased with the crowd's behavior at the concert. Through Saturday evening there were citations but no arrests. As of 8 p.m. Sunday, a sheriff's spokesman said there were no problems. Concertgoers paid $160 apiece for entry to the weekend concert and camp-out.
Organizers hired 60 uniformed security guards and 24 lifeguards to oversee the festivities.
The Portage County Sheriff's Office expects to spend $80,000 in overtime. A day into the concert, County Prosecutor Victor Vigluicci filed a $25,000 civil suit to try to recover some of the expense.
Nelson Township Trustee Bill Wilson said the township will contact Vigluicci today to add its bill to the tab.
``The sheriff has been in our township hall since this began, and we've made our ambulances available, so I think we've spent at least $2,500 on this,'' Wilson said. ``I don't think the taxpayers should pay for that.''
Few arrests, citations at Insane Clown Posse gig
Beacon Journal staff report
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/local/6348992.htm
NELSON TWP. - The four-day concert headlined by Insane Clown Posse passed without any of the havoc feared by local authorities and township residents.
On Sunday, campground manager Evan Kelly said he expected most of the estimated 5,000 Insane Clown Posse fans would leave after the headliner of the heavy metal-rap music festival finished its final set.
``They go on at 10 p.m., and the concert ends with the Faygo Armageddon -- a mass spray fight using the sticky soda,'' said Kelly. ``I would think we'll have things pretty well wrapped up 11:30.''
Several hours earlier, clouds began to move in over the concert site at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, off state Route 282. ``I'm ready for the rain to wash over everything and then we'll have lots of cleanup ahead of us tomorrow,'' Kelly said.
As of Sunday evening Kelly said he was told by Portage County sheriff's deputies that a few arrests had been made for possession of marijuana. ``Nothing more serious than you would see outside a bar at closing time,'' Kelly said. ``I think it's gone better than I or anyone else expected.''
Law enforcement officials were pleased with the crowd's behavior at the concert. Through Saturday evening there were citations but no arrests. As of 8 p.m. Sunday, a sheriff's spokesman said there were no problems. Concertgoers paid $160 apiece for entry to the weekend concert and camp-out.
Organizers hired 60 uniformed security guards and 24 lifeguards to oversee the festivities.
The Portage County Sheriff's Office expects to spend $80,000 in overtime. A day into the concert, County Prosecutor Victor Vigluicci filed a $25,000 civil suit to try to recover some of the expense.
Nelson Township Trustee Bill Wilson said the township will contact Vigluicci today to add its bill to the tab.
``The sheriff has been in our township hall since this began, and we've made our ambulances available, so I think we've spent at least $2,500 on this,'' Wilson said. ``I don't think the taxpayers should pay for that.''
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