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Police crack down on Widespread Panic fans

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Posted 3:57PM on Thursday 25th April 2002 ( 23 years ago )
SAVANNAH - A police crackdown on a concert by the band Widespread Panic resulted in 38 arrests and eleven citations, mostly for drug offenses. <br> <br> Police said they bolstered their presence at the Savannah Civic Center concert Wednesday night after ``Spreadheads&#39;&#39; -- fans who follow the band from show to show -- upset residents last year by selling beer, shooting fireworks and camping in the city&#39;s historic squares. <br> <br> The city even paid about $1,240 to send two Savannah officers to scout the scene at a concert by the popular Athens band last weekend in Asheville, North Carolina. <br> <br> Police said the arrests included possession of drugs, possession with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, disorderly conduct, public urination and having open containers of alcohol. <br> <br> Dozens of officers, some with drug-sniffing dogs, were stationed around the Civic Center hours before the show. Besides drugs, they were hunting for unlicensed food and beer vendors.

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