Ridgefield Press
August 24, 2006
Two concerts by former Grateful Dead musician Bob Weir and Ratdog at the Ridgefield Playhouse were apparently connected with a handful of drug arrests Monday and Tuesday.
The same thing happened last summer when Mr. Weir played here. At that time, police observed that few concert-goers probably realized that the police station was next door to complex holding the Playhouse.
On Monday at about 8:39 p.m., police charged Joshua Keyser, 28, of Doylestown, Pa., with possession of marijuana and failure to keep prescription drugs in an original container after he was “observed smoking marijuana in plain view” in the Playhouse parking lot. He was released on $50 bond.
Around the same time, Brent Arrowitz, 19, of Overlook Drive was charged with possession of narcotics after a plainclothes officer observed him with “black tar heroin.” He was released on written promise to appear in court.
At 9:42 p.m. Monday, Richard Krelin, 40, of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., was observed “smoking what appeared to be a marijuana joint,” police said. “Upon contact with Mr. Krelin, he destroyed the marijuana joint and would not listen to commands given by police.”
He was charged with destruction/tampering with evidence and interfering with the duties of a police officer, and released on $500 bond.
Police said that on Tuesday at around 10 p.m., a patrolman observed a group of people “believed to be smoking marijuana.”
“It was determined that one of them had a large quantity of hallucinogenic mushrooms and heroin.”
Dennis J. Bestanic Jr., 31, of Thorofare, N.J., was charged with possession of a narcotic, possession of a hallucinogenic drug over four ounces, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was held on $5,000 bond for arraignment Wednesday.
