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three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized,
#9945638 - 03/10/09 12:54 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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Police arrested almost 200 people – most of them on narcotics charges – over the three days the jam band Phish performed at Hampton Coliseum this weekend.
There were 81 felony arrests resulting in 119 charges and 113 misdemeanor arrests resulting in 126 charges, according to the Hampton Police Division. Police also issued 46 criminal summonses.
The arrests amounted to a “very, very small percentage” of the estimated 50,000 people who were in and around the Coliseum over the course of the weekend, said police spokeswoman Cpl. Allison Quiñones.
“We didn’t have any major problems at all,” she said. “It was very smooth.”
Quiñones also noted that police weren’t expecting many problems from the band’s fans.
“It’s been several years since they’ve played in the city,” she said. “But we’ve never really had any major problems.”
The narcotics arrests include charges related to marijuana, cocaine, heroin , Ecstasy and various prescription drugs, Quiñones said. Police seized more than $1.2 million worth of drugs and more than $68,000 in cash during the arrests.
Police estimate that about 17,000 people per day attended the three shows, including those who didn’t have tickets but wandered outside the Coliseum. Phish is known for its following of thousands of fans, many of whom tag along as the band moves from venue to venue.
Friday marked the band’s first show in five years, which drew thousands to Hampton. Once all three shows were sold out, tickets were selling for as much as $1,000 each.
City officials had warned that undercover police officers would be patrolling the parking lots, and they were.
Leading up to the Hampton shows, the band attempted to get permission to seize suspected bootleggers’ property outside the Coliseum. Although a federal judge in Norfolk ruled that the band could not seize the property, Hampton police and Coliseum security guards checked vendors’ licenses and kept them in an overflow lot.
Quiñones said there were few problems with vendors this weekend, largely because they were forewarned.
Measured by the number of arrests per day, this weekend’s shows went more smoothly than some other times Phish has played in Hampton Roads in the past.
The last time the band played a one-night show at the Coliseum, in 2004, police arrested more than 100 people, according to a Daily Press story from the time. When they played in 1998 at what is now the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater, police arrested 136.
a different article pointed out the $68,000 in cash was seized. the police said they used a combination of under-cover and "out in the open" tactics. one under-cover cop claimed to be trying to trade tickets for drugs, and then arrested everyone who fell for the trade.
the other article said that the hampton tax payers refused to pay for the extra 200 police officers, so the mayor made phish pay for them.
for anyone doing the summer tour: BE CAREFUL WHO YOU DEAL WITH ON THE LOT!
this isn't the first time that cities have set up under-cover operations for dealing with the phish scene when they came to town.
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: moe.phan]
#9945669 - 03/10/09 12:59 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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yea well i could have told you it was gonna suck ass
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: 2859558484]
#9945700 - 03/10/09 01:06 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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This was posted like 4 days ago.
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: memes]
#9945718 - 03/10/09 01:10 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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how is that? its only been 2 days since the last show was over. plus the articles were published yesterday.
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: moe.phan]
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: memes]
#9945746 - 03/10/09 01:16 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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God you stoner meams!
sucks all the booty that was plundered
damn pirates
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: 2859558484]
#9945882 - 03/10/09 01:39 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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wowitch17 said: yea well i could have told you it was gonna suck ass
you shoulda told him that phish was the ones that paid the cops to be there
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: Prisoner#1]
#9945887 - 03/10/09 01:40 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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i already pointed that out in the OP.
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the other article said that the hampton tax payers refused to pay for the extra 200 police officers, so the mayor made phish pay for them.
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: Prisoner#1]
#9945897 - 03/10/09 01:42 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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as opposed to paying for private security that wouldnt have been looking for drugs, just problems with crowd control
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The Associated Press Monday, March 9, 2009; 5:19 PM
HAMPTON, Va. -- Some Phish fans are leaving Hampton a little lighter than when they arrived for the band's weekend reunion.
Police said Monday they confiscated about $1.2 million in illegal drugs and more than $68,000 in cash from concertgoers. Authorities also arrested 194 Phish fans during the three-night celebration of the band's return to the stage after a nearly five-year absence.
Most of the arrests were for drug possession, use and distribution, police said.
Tourism officials had estimated 75,000 fans would be coming to the coastal Virginia city. Nearly 200 law enforcement officers worked the weekend event, with the Vermont-based band picking up the tab.
Goddamn!
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: moe.phan]
#9945905 - 03/10/09 01:42 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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moe.phan said: i already pointed that out in the OP.
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the other article said that the hampton tax payers refused to pay for the extra 200 police officers, so the mayor made phish pay for them.
and if phish refused?
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: Prisoner#1]
#9945914 - 03/10/09 01:45 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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Prisoner#1 said: you shoulda told him that phish was the ones that paid the cops to be there
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Leading up to the Hampton shows, the band attempted to get permission to seize suspected bootleggers’ property outside the Coliseum. Although a federal judge in Norfolk ruled that the band could not seize the property, Hampton police and Coliseum security guards checked vendors’ licenses and kept them in an overflow lot.
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: Prisoner#1]
#9945917 - 03/10/09 01:45 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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i'm sure there was alot of drugs seized, but 1.2 million? that averages out to be over 6,100 for each arrest. cops always exagerate the amount of seized drugs.
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: Prisoner#1]
#9945928 - 03/10/09 01:48 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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UnholyChild666 said:
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Prisoner#1 said: you shoulda told him that phish was the ones that paid the cops to be there
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Leading up to the Hampton shows, the band attempted to get permission to seize suspected bootleggers? property outside the Coliseum. Although a federal judge in Norfolk ruled that the band could not seize the property, Hampton police and Coliseum security guards checked vendors? licenses and kept them in an overflow lot.
that was strictly for unlicensed vendors. phish has always had a licensed-only vendor policy.Quote:
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moe.phan said: i already pointed that out in the OP.
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the other article said that the hampton tax payers refused to pay for the extra 200 police officers, so the mayor made phish pay for them.
and if phish refused?
then they wouldn't have been allowed to play. (permit refusal)
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: moe.phan]
#9945934 - 03/10/09 01:50 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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they grossly inflate the price, they take the highest sale value for the smallest quantity and apply that price to the entire amount
so if someone has ever payed $40/gram for weed then a pound of pot comes out to $18,000
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: moe.phan]
#9945940 - 03/10/09 01:51 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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moe.phan said: then they wouldn't have been allowed to play. (permit refusal)
so sending their fans to prison is worth the money, they could have found another venue that would have allowed private security
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: Prisoner#1]
#9945952 - 03/10/09 01:54 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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Yeah, sending 200 out of 50,000 those assholes. Not to mention I thought one of the reasons they broke up in the first place was the whole lot thing being all about drugs. I know it's a jam band, but comeon, if they don't want that shit there they don't want it there.
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: Prisoner#1]
#9945987 - 03/10/09 01:59 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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moe.phan said: then they wouldn't have been allowed to play. (permit refusal)
so sending their fans to prison is worth the money, they could have found another venue that would have allowed private security
it doesn't work like that. the show would have had to have been on private (not city) land to be able to use private security.
i've seen them all over the country and the only time i've ever seen them have private security was at big cypress indian reservation (which is where they should have done the reunion) or at one of their festivals.
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: Prisoner#1]
#9945991 - 03/10/09 01:59 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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moe.phan said: then they wouldn't have been allowed to play. (permit refusal)
so sending their fans to prison is worth the money, they could have found another venue that would have allowed private security
But the hampton coliseum is their fav. they wanted to reunite there
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: jewunit]
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Re: three days of phish, 194 arrests, $1.2 million in drugs & $68,000 in cash seized, [Re: moe.phan]
#9946002 - 03/10/09 02:01 PM (15 years, 22 days ago) |
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moe.phan said:
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moe.phan said: then they wouldn't have been allowed to play. (permit refusal)
so sending their fans to prison is worth the money, they could have found another venue that would have allowed private security
it doesn't work like that. the show would have had to have been on private (not city) land to be able to use private security.
and the problem with that?
they could have taken it to court as well, cops could have monitored the streets like the do at the shows on private land, fewer arrests, happier fans
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