411 Ticketed at Grateful Dead Show
Tue Aug 13, 8:57 AM ET
By The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Walworth County Sheriff's Department said 411 citations were issued for violations of drug laws at last weekend's reunion of the remaining members of the Grateful Dead at Alpine Valley Music Theatre.
The department's drug enforcement unit released the following totals:
_ 269 county citations for marijuana possession, which usually nets a $407 fine for less than an ounce;
_ 80 arrests for 132 state violations, which carry heavier penalties than county citations;
_ 10 charged with possessing hallucinogenic mushrooms and referred to the district attorney.
Police seized more than 51 pounds of marijuana with a street value of about $40,000, as well as 7,300 doses of LSD, 8.8 grams of liquid LSD, 10 pounds of hallucinogenic mushrooms, 9 grams of heroin, 82 grams of hashish, 6.3 grams of cocaine and a tank of nitrous oxide, according to the department.
The biggest bust came Sunday when drug unit officers saw people entering and leaving a converted touring bus in the parking lot. Officers raided the bus and seized 7 pounds of mushrooms, 7 pounds of marijuana and 56 grams of hashish.
Two officers were injured in that arrest. One was knocked unconscious when he was struck in the head by a knee, and the other suffered a bruised thigh and scrapes to a knee and palm, the department said. |
