How many people turned out for St. Patrick’s Day in Five Points Saturday isn’t known yet, but police made a few more arrests this year.
In all, 39 people were arrested inside the 2013 festival, according to Columbia police spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons. Ten more were arrested outside. That’s up from 36 arrests inside the gates in 2012.
The 49 people who were arrested racked up a total of 86 charges.
The bulk of them were for drunkenness, underage possession of alcohol, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and possession of fake IDs. Those five offenses accounted for 69 of the charges.