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Mountain View police arrested eight people at the Brad Paisley country concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre over the weekend, seven of whom were arrested for public intoxication.
The arrests began on Saturday, June 17, shortly before 7 p.m. and continued until 12:15 a.m. Sunday. All of the concert attendees arrested for public intoxication were also suspected of being aggressive toward police and concert staff, trying to get into the concert after being denied access, or being too intoxicated to take care of themselves.
Around 7:10 on Saturday, officers said an Alamo resident, identified by police as 19-year-old Christopher Taverrite, fell over while waiting to get into the concert, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. Officers said Taverrite was “heavily intoxicated,” and tried to find someone who could drive him home, but he refused to help find friends or family at the show, Nelson said. Taverrite was arrested on public intoxication charges and transported to Santa Clara County jail.
About 20 minutes later, another 19-year-old attendee was denied access to the concert on account of being heavily intoxicated. Officers escorted the man, identified as Ryan Racer of Pleasanton, away from the area, and was arrested after allegedly showing signs he was under the influence of alcohol. He was booked into Santa Clara County jail on public intoxication charges.
In two separate incidents, 21-year-old Redwood City resident Adam Winnen and 26-year-old Walnut Creek resident Blakely Haisley, were arrested on public intoxication charges after allegedly trying to get back into Shoreline Amphitheatre after being ejected for intoxication. Winnen, according to police, had yelled at concert staff after being kicked out, while Haisley tried to force his way back in, Nelson said.
At around 10:40 p.m., police arrested a Hercules man after he allegedly tried to start a fight with an officer. Antonio Landaverde, 27, was reportedly seen yelling at concert staff shortly after he had been escorted out for being intoxicated. Landaverde initially walked away from officers when they tried to talk to him, but turned around and allegedly attempted to start a fight, Nelson said.
The final arrest was on Sunday at around 12:05 a.m., when a Fresno man approached police and said he could not find a friend who attended the concert with him. Officers suspected the man was heavily intoxicated, and made “repeated attempts” to find him a ride home or a hotel to stay in, Nelson said. Officers said he was not able to answer questions or care for himself. Police arrested the man, identified as 28-year-old Michael Wells, for public intoxication.
Before the spree of alcohol-related arrests, officers arrested a parking attendant who allegedly got aggressive with one of the concert-goers and hit him with a flashlight. Police received reports of a fight at around 6:50 p.m. on Saturday in parking lot “E,” northeast of the venue, and were told by the driver that he got into an argument with the parking attendant, later identified as 48-year-old Alfred Chavez, over where he was supposed to park the car.
During the argument, both the driver and his adult son approached Chavez, and Chavez allegedly responded by striking the son with a flashlight before running, Nelson said. Chavez was later found to have two outstanding warrants from a neighboring law enforcement agency. Chavez was arrested on suspicion of battery and for the warrants, and was transported to Santa Clara County jail.
Nelson said she did not know how many officers were monitoring Shoreline Amphitheatre on Saturday, but she said it’s not unusual for police to keep up a presence past the venue’s 11 p.m. curfew. Part of that has to do with the big bottleneck of people trying to leave the area, she said.
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Shoreline is a dump, same story nearly every concert….”public intoxication, being aggressive toward police and concert staff, trying to get into the concert after being denied access,being too intoxicated to take care of themselves.” I suppose nobody got shot..that’s a plus. Needs to be torn down,it’s had its day,that Shoreline is one Mountain View building I’d be happy to see razed.
@Kevin Forestieri: ya misspelled Pleasanton as “Pleasnton”.
Is the problem that Shoreline is a dump or is the problem that Shoreline just brings in “entertainers” that cater to the drug and booze culture? I don’t see people getting drunk or stoned at the concerts at Montalvo or the Mountain Winery.
The Shoreline Amphitheater provides zero benefit to the City of Mountain View or its residents. The drunkenness, arrests, drug sales and MURDERS have gone on too long, it’s time to shut the place down. Why do you think the Bridge School decided to pull out? They don’t want to be associated with the Amphitheater, it’s toxic and it’s only getting worse.
SHUT IT DOWN.
Esp at the country shows. Out of town drunks with zero respect or interest in anything but getting drunk in a new town.
And these were the ones that they could NOT ignore. Someone falling over, someone walking up to the cops totally wasted. Just imagine if they went LOOKING for offenders instead of the ones who drop into their laps.
Let’s turn Shoreline Amphitheater into an outdoor opera house. That way we can safely enjoy debauchery and violence, it’ll just be staged for us by professionals, rather than dealing with amateurs in the audience.
I’ve never seen drunks or fights amongst the patrons at the SF Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, or the other fine opera venues I’ve been fortunate to visit during my travels across the globe.
We could add some classical concerts and baroque choral performances as well. Those are also fairly civil events.
@your opinion or #your opinion see you at Oracle buddy and that beautiful venue. Oh I mean go pay 15.00 for single jack and coke at Levi’s that awesome venue which is 5x’s the price and enjoy taylor swift. Please you tear it down and create the luxury condo’s that keep driving up your property value that’s all you care about. I bartended there for 3 years and made tons of money off the drunks and my fiends still do .. God Bless Shoreline keep rocking and rolling and fightin
8 Arrests out of what 20 thousand people? That’s nothing. I understand that it would be really nice if people drink responsibly and take care of themselves. The reason why some of these problem folks come to Shoreline Amphitheater is because the General Admission tickets are affordable unlike Montalvo, Mountain Winery and other uch places, where the tickets are outrageously steep plus the parking fee in cold cash is a big ripoff. As a Mountain View resident, living within 2 miles to the Amphitheater, I ahve attended more than 15 concerts in there and I walk all the time and I nhave never seen any problem of violence or misbehavior and I never felt unsafe, even during the Dead and Company concert.
Wait a second.. you let the venue (Shoreline) sell booze to people.
Then you arrest those people when you find them in the parking lot drunk?
So stupid.
Not to mention 647f charges are always dropped. The DA doesn’t waste their time.
I’m a resident, and find Shoreline a huge benefit. I can buy tickets a day prior to them going on sale to the general public, and sit in reserved seats for popular performers. Before Shoreline, we had to go all the way to the Oakland Coliseum or Cow Palace. Now, it’s WAY more convenient…can be home 15 minutes after the show. I’ve even biked to shows via Stevens Creek Trail.
Eight arrests for intoxication? Wow! What a nightmare. If The Voice hadn’t scanned the police blotter, nobody would’ve even known. But the Voice never has an agenda.
@Otto_Maddox:
Well, the War Memorial Opera House sells booze. Yes, you can attend the SF Ballet’s Nutcracker or a nice opera like Le Nozze di Figaro and enjoy a glass of wine, beer, etc. during one of the intermissions. And I don’t see people sloppy drunk, combative or getting arrested by police.
The bad behavior is a problem with the event attendees themselves, not whether or not a venue provides alcohol.
Is there a violence/alcohol problem at the San Francisco Symphony’s annual Independence Day concert at Shoreline Amphitheater? No, there is not. How about Opera in the Park at Stern Grove in SF? Or Opera Night at AT&T Park (usually right around Independence Day)? No, again, no problems. Scarpia supporters are not beating up Tosca supporters.
Again, the problem is the people that an event attracts. The venue itself is neutral.
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