Photos: Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2019, Day 1

Natalie Neysa Alund | The Tennessean

MANCHESTER, Tenn. – Law enforcement at Bonnaroo have issued at least 185 citations and made at least 15 arrests since the festival opened the gates to its grounds on Wednesday, officials said.

Coffee County Sheriff's Department Capt. Billy Butler said the citations were mostly for minor drug offenses. About 40 of those citations were made while attendees made their way into the venue, he said.

As of Sunday, no fentanyl-laced drugs had been spotted.

In a statement released this week, Bonnaroo organizers said entry-related searches increased on The Farm this year.

"We have several enhanced security measures in place this year, including expanded car searches and canine patrols. We are hopeful that our patrons will appreciate these security measures and have patience with the inevitable inconveniences."

Drug, theft arrests

Authorities arrested at least 15 people for charges including public intoxication, possession of a controlled substance and theft.

Drugs confiscated by Bonnaroo law enforcement officers included marijuana, acid and molly, Butler said.

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"We’re not seeing any fentanyl that we can tell," Butler said. "Of course we'll send some of it off to the lab for testing."

On Friday night, Bonnaroo security arrested a man in connection with a slew of cell phone thefts on festival grounds.

Buford Munley, 27, of Palmer, Tenn., was charged with misdemeanor theft of property under $1,000 after authorities said they received multiple reports of cell phones and other personal items being pick pocketed during the night's entertainment line up.

Security said they nabbed Munley in the act and arrested him.

Earlier in week, police arrested a man in connection to a pipe-bomb incident in Manchester, but it was unrelated to Bonnaroo, both Butler and Bonnaroo organizers said.

Caitie McMekin, Knoxville News Sentinel

Manchester police charged Justin McCart, 29, of Shelton Road in Manchester for possessing explosive devices after two pipe bombs were found in the city Wednesday morning on Walker Street.

In an interview with police, McCart told officers he threw the bombs on the street "to scare his girlfriend," an arrest affidavit shows. No one was injured.

One fatality

A 27-year-old Bonnaroo festival attendee died Saturday, Bonnaroo officials said.

Bonnaroo organizers said a medical team in Plaza 11 responded to a medical situation in a nearby campsite and found the male victim, who had been camping with his father, unresponsive but breathing.

EMS crews transported him to the hospital where he died, authorities said.

The Sheriff's Office declined to release the man's name.

As of Sunday more than a dozen people at the four-day festival had been transported to hospitals by ambulance and at least one had been taken by medical helicopter.

Coffee County EMS Director Michael Bonner said the person lifted by helicopter suffered a head injury but was conscious when transported.

The ground transports were for typical medical calls including a possible ankle fracture, muscle sprains and one complaint of chest pain, Bonner said.

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Tent, 4-wheeler on fire

No major fire-related incidents have been reported, but a tent caught fire Saturday morning after Bonnaroo fire authorities said someone left an unattended candle in it in Plaza 10 near Bushy Branch Road.

Just one day earlier, Bonnaroo fire spokesman Brandon Gunn said, a four-wheeler overheated in that same area and caught fire.

No one was injured in either incident.

About 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, crews responded to a false report of a carbon monoxide leak in a Bonnaroo staff worker shower house, which was evacuated.

"The batteries in the carbon monoxide detector had corroded and set off an alarm," Gunn said.

Maintenance installed new ones, Gunn said, to rectify the situation.

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Sold out shows

This year's festival is sold out. Earlier in the week organizers confirmed the festival was sure to sell out. With 80,000 attendees, it's the festival's first sellout since 2013, when Beatles great Paul McCartney headlined.

This year's Bonnaroo, which ends late Sunday night, is headlined by Phish, Childish Gambino and Post Malone.