Arrests at the wildly popular Coachella Music Festival, as well as the country music festival Stagecoach that follows it, both saw double-digit percentage increases in arrests, according to media reports.
At Coachella, which is held over two consecutive weekends, April 11-13 and 18-20 this year, 223 arrests were made, according to the Indio Police Department.
Arrests at the festival, which has a capacity for 125,000 people a day, were for drug and alcohol intoxication, possession of illegal drugs, property crimes including theft, and false identification.
In total, arrests were up 16.5% from the 193 arrests in 2024, the Daily Breeze reported.
Citations for handicap placard violations were also up, with 162 issued this year compared to 136 the previous year, a 19% increase, according to the outlet.
At Stagecoach, where campers had access to the grounds starting April 24, the festival itself ran from April 25-27.
Indio PD logged 151 arrests this year, a 20% increase from 2024, according to Los Angeles Daily News.
While 91 of those arrests were made for unspecified violations, 54 were made for false identification, three for suspicion of drug possession and three for public intoxication.
Like fans at Coachella, handicap placard violations were also up, with 86 citations issued, up 3% from last year, the outlet reported.
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