Did you hear about the Madonna/Deadmou5 thing, with the Ultra Music Festival? Well, here's some other things that were going on in the area while Madonna was making herself look silly...
(April 2012, Sibler Criminal Law Firm)
71 were arrested at Miami, Florida's Ultra Music Festival this year, sources indicate. 45 of the arrests, according to Miami police, were for narcotic distribution or possession. The names and ages of those arrested at the festival are not immediately available. It is not clear if any of the defendants have retained private criminal defense attorneys.
The arrests came as a part of "Operation Perseverance," a three-week sting operation by the Miami-Dade County Police Department that targeted drug use and sales, prostitution, and gambling. The sting yielded a total of 115 arrests. Those not made at the Ultra Music Festival were made in the Liberty Square housing area, which is notorious for illicit activity. In all during the sting, 10 arrested were made for prostitution, 14 were made for gambling, and 83 were made on drug-related charges. Officials also reportedly confiscated four firearms.
At the music festival, aside from the narcotics charges, 9 trespassing charges, 5 disorderly conduct charges, 5 conducting business without a license charges, 2 robbery charges, 2 obstruction charges, 2 miscellaneous charges and a battery charge were served to 66 adults and 5 juveniles. Since the festival drew electronic music fans from all over the globe, it is not clear how some of the cases will be handled.
Police officers reportedly confiscated drugs such as marijuana and ecstasy from concert-goers, and paramedics were standing by with drug overdose antidotes throughout the festivities. Several of the arrested parties were reportedly naked for no apparent reason during their arrests.
One such example was 23-year-old Evan Oberfelder from Texas, who was the recipient of the one battery charge of the festival. Oberfelder, who was apparently under the influence of an unknown substance during the altercation, was hit by a taxi outside of festival premises in a hit-and-run car accident in the1800 block of North Bayshore Drive. The incident reportedly took place at around 5:40 a.m.
After Oberfelder was struck and the taxi took off, leaving him bleeding, a bystander apparently called police, then approached Oberfelder to try to help. Oberfelder allegedly said, "You called the police? I hate the police!" to the would-be helper before getting into a scuffle with the man. The scuffle reportedly ended when Oberfelder kicked the man in the crotch.
It took 11 police officers to subdue Oberfelder, who apparently jumped on top of police cars, threatened and attacked officers, and even took a police officer's baton and hit her with it. He was eventually subdued, but 10 officers had to be treated for injuries and blood exposure. It was not clear why Oberfelder was unclothed during the altercation.
Oberfelder was charged with felony battery, aggravated battery on a police officer, resisting arrest with violence and criminal mischief, and false imprisonment. He remains incarcerated at the Miami-Dade County Jail. It is not clear whether he has retained a private criminal defense attorney.
Police are still searching for the yellow taxi cab that hit Oberfelder and have asked the public to come forward with any relevant information. There were apparently passengers in the vehicle at the time of the incident, and police are hoping that they will come forward.
http://www.miami-criminal-defense-lawyers.com/2012/04/71-arrested-at-miami-floridas.html
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