200 ARRESTED FOR DRUGS AT BONNAROO

With around 3,000 of the 80,000 fans left on a 590-acre site at the
Bonnaroo music festival, the Coffee County Sheriff's Department alone had
by mid-afternoon Monday made 36 arrests for major offenses plus 92
citations for the less serious infractions. Sixty drug cases made by the
14th Judicial District Drug Task Force and other arrests and citations by
Manchester police and the Tennessee Highway Patrol are not included.

All total, Graves said he expects to see more than 200 attending the
festival facing drug charges.

"It will take two or three days to work up a complete tally sheet but we
can safely report a large number of drug cases by arrest and citation,"
Graves said from the command post outside the festival grounds.

"Right now, there are three serious incidents to report, one an aggravated
assault in which two people were stabbed by someone apparently on drugs,
the second an accident in which someone stepped in front of a water truck,
and the third a rape allegation now being investigated."

The festival-goer who was run over by the truck was airlifted to Vanderbilt
Medical Center where he was listed in guarded condition but is expected to
recover, Graves said.

Arrests ran the gamut of aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, DUI and
felony drug charges.

Graves said authorities chose to issue citations for less serious
infractions because there was no way the Coffee County Jail could handle
that many people in a short span via the regular booking and bonding route.

Eighty-three citations were given for simple possession and lesser drug
infractions. Two were given for indecent exposure, two for speeding and
five for open containers of an alcoholic beverage.

More than 40 tanks of nitrous oxide, an extremely potent form of "laughing
gas" used to fill balloons for inhaling it were among contraband seized by
festival security personnel and local authororities.

"All total, you have to credit the Sheriff's Department, the Drug Task
Force, Manchester police, Highway Patrol, additional officers from
Tullahoma and Franklin County and the Bonnarro security with a fantastic
job of maintaining order," District Attorney Mickey Layne said.

"The festival had its share of incidents but the four days in no way
approached the chaos you would expect when 80,000 people come shoulder to
shoulder under less than ideal living conditions. You also have to give a
lot of credit to the vast majority who have drawn high praise for their
good behavior and courteous manner."

Friction between the local residents and festival-goers was not noted, he
added.

"All things considered, their conduct was for the most part admirable,"
Graves said.

"Manchester had about half the population of Chattanooga concentrated in
less than one section of farmland and I'm proud of the way in which our
people and the overwhelming majority in attendance conducted themselves."