Coachella crime

There was a nasty rumor circulating about a rape in one of the trailer bathrooms in the VIP area (one of our Soundboard writers, Jessica Gelt, even heard it directly from a uniformed security staffer), but according to Indio police spokesman Ben Guitron there was no report made or investigation underway.

Guitron said that, as of 10 p.m. on Sunday, there had been exactly 100 arrests, most for alcohol or drug offenses, at Coachella 2008. There were two on Thursday (when the campgrounds opened), 29 on Friday, 35 on Saturday and 34 on Sunday. There were no violent felonies reported. We expect to have numbers on injuries and other medical-tent stats shortly, but Guitron said there were no major incidents.

-- Geoff Boucher