More than $12,230 worth of illegal drugs was confiscated from Bonnaroo Festival goers while traveling last week through Rutherford County, a sheriff’s captain said.
“This festival invites a large amount of illicit narcotics inside our community,” said Capt. Jason Mathis of the sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau. “SEB was able to deter law breakers and satisfy complaints from local business owners of individuals using and selling illegal narcotics in their parking lots. SEB conducted this assignment as well as conducting normal weekly activities.”
SEB deputies made 17 felony arrests ranging from possession of illegal mushrooms, cocaine and marijuana, and 51 misdemeanor arrests.
More than 150 warning citations were issued. Also, a sheriff’s K-9 helped Murfreesboro Police Department officers in a search for illegal drugs.
The arrests and citations came after business owners and residents complained about Bonnaroo attendees camping in parking lots, blocking businesses and buying and using illegal drugs at the businesses, especially at Wal-Mart on Old Fort Parkway, Custom Care Kennel on Thompson Lane and at the Buchanan Road exit of Interstate 24, the captain said.
“We had several complaints they were actually smoking marijuana in the parking lots,” Mathis said.
They charged a father and son accused of possessing cocaine who were believed selling the illegal drug in Rutherford County before going to Bonnaroo, he said. Also, they charged a mother and son after confiscating high quality marijuana from them. Several people were charged for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. |
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