AUTHORITIES ARREST 84 AT MOUNTAIN JAM

CATSKILL - More than 50 concertgoers were arrested on drug-related
charges at the Mountain Jam Music Festival held at Hunter Mountain
over the weekend, according to state police at Catskill and the
Greene County Sheriff's Office.

The two agencies, working with Hunter Mountain Security, arrested 53
people on charges ranging from marijuana possession to possession of
large quantities of narcotics, the sheriff's office and state police
said Wednesday in a joint statement announcing the arrests.

State police and sheriff's deputies seized large quantities of
marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms, cocaine, heroin, crystal meth,
LSD, Ecstasy, hashish, hydrocodone and other illegal prescription
medications, according to the joint statement.

"It's not just the amount of drugs these individuals attempt to
smuggle into the event, but the type of drugs as well," said Greene
County Sheriff Greg Seeley. "While marijuana is certainly the most
prevalent, prescription narcotics and hardcore street drugs are also
very common at the event."

In addition to the drug arrests, a New England man was arrested on
assault charges stemming from an altercation with security staff.

Authorities said [name redacted], 22, of New London, Vt., was charged
by state police with two counts of second-degree assault and
third-degree and fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled
substance, all felonies, and numerous misdemeanor charges including
resisting arrest, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon. [name
redacted] was arraigned in Hunter Town Court and sent to the Greene
County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.

In addition to [name redacted], the Greene County Sheriff's
Department held more than 30 people in the Greene County Jail on
arrests at the concert.

"Mountain Jam is the largest music festival in the Northeast and it
attracted nearly 40,000 people this year. It's a great opportunity
for visitors from across the country to see all that the Mountaintop
has to offer," Seeley said.

"The vast majority of those in attendance are law-abiding and come to
enjoy the music and the festivities. Unfortunately there are those
who choose to abuse the event as a venue to use and distribute
illegal drugs. These individuals are not welcome in Greene County and
they will be arrested," the sheriff added.

State police said that the cooperation during the event was another
example of how law enforcement agencies in Greene County work
together, in an exemplary manner, to provide Greene County residents
safer communities and venues, such as the Mountain Jam Music Festival.

State police and the Greene County Sheriff's Department were assisted
during the arrests by Greene County District Attorney Terry J.
Wilhelm and his office.

Mountain Jam featured performances by nearly two dozen bands
headlined by Gov't Mule, Bob Weir and RatDog, Drive-By Truckers and
Citizen Cope.