New Orleans LA April 27 2018 Something other than music and food will greet New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival attendees this weekend: metal detectors. In a concession to modern-day reality, all fest-goers will have to pass through metal detectors at entrances to the Fair Grounds, a first in the festival’s 49-year history. “It somewhat reflects […]
FAULKNER COUNTY, Ark. April 5 2018 A Texas man who died under suspicious circumstances at an Arkanas festival last month was a victim of homicide the coroner’s office has concluded. The Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office had been investigating the death of the man which had a lot of twists and turns but now an arrest […]
East Rutherford NJ April 2 2018 State officials are considering banning heavy-metal rock music from the Meadowlands Sports Complex following a weekend riot by fans, who overturned and set afire two cars and pelted firefighters with beer bottles. State police said 33 males ages 15 to 22 were arrested in the melee between 11:30 p.m. Saturday […]
INDIO, CA March 31 2018 — Police plan to utilize drones and tourniquets as part of security measures at next month’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival for the first time in the event’s history. The Indio Police Department, which handles the bulk of law enforcement duties at the annual Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals, will […]
Los Angeles CA March 4 2018 Traffic in Hollywood will grind to a halt on Sunday, as the LAPD works to wrap the Dolby Theatre in multiple cordons of security. More than 500 officers will be on hand, many of them working overtime, to ensure the safety of the 90th Academy Awards, along with firefighters, police […]
MINNEAPOLIS MN Jan 20 2018– The Super Bowl is now less than three weeks away and already the City of Minneapolis and the Super Bowl Host Committee are focusing on security. Training started Thursday for the scores of Super Bowl volunteers that will help pull off the big game. Day one for volunteers came […]
EUTAW, AL Jan 15 2018 A shooting at an Alabama National Guard Armory has left six people shot and another person dead. Eutaw police responded to a shots call at the armory at around 2 am Sunday morning. According to Eutaw Police Chief Derek Coleman, the Sin City motorcycle club was hosting an event […]
HOWELL NJ Jan 12 2018 – The family of a Belmar man who died in 2015 at a weekend music festival in Howell after being restrained by festival staff and police has settled its wrongful death lawsuit with the township. The sisters of Timothy J. Harden, 38, who died on Sept. 5, 2015, after the incident […]
ATLANTA GA Nov 14 2017 A shooting at a rap concert in downtown Atlanta that killed two people and wounded two others began when two people climbed onstage between performances, police said. The two who climbed onto the stage at The Masquerade at Underground Atlanta were shot Sunday night by someone in the crowd who got […]
HOWELL NJ Nov 6 2017— Attendees of a hardcore music festival beat a group of security guards who tried to stop a man from moshing at GameChangerWorld on Route 9, township police said in a news release. Howell police said a security guard was punched in the face during Saturday’s “Loud Fest” while trying to […]