Las Vegas police make 25 felony arrests on first day of EDC

Attendees are silhouetted by the Wasteland stage during the first day of the Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 18, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

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By Michael Scott Davidson / Las Vegas Review-Journal

May 18, 2019 - 7:59 am

Las Vegas police made 25 felony arrests on the first night of Electric Daisy Carnival.

Another two people were arrested on misdemeanor charges and one person received a misdemeanor citation, according to a statistical report released Saturday morning by the Metropolitan Police Department.

The event lasted from Friday evening early into Saturday morning at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

No DUI arrests were made. Information about medical calls were not included in the report.

About 150,000 people are expected to attend the sold-out desert rave each night this weekend, the largest number the festival has seen.

For full coverage of EDC 2019, visit reviewjournal.com/edc.

Contact Michael Scott Davidson at sdavidson@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3861. Follow @DavidsonLVRJ on Twitter.

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