Suspect charged for having drugs at festival

Published 10:49 am Friday, May 31, 2013

ALBERT LEA — A 30-year-old Kansas man is facing charges for allegedly fleeing from sheriff’s deputies after they allegedly found him with drugs at Harmony Park in Geneva.

Arthur Alvin Ormsby, of Shawnee, Kan., faces one count of second-degree methamphetamine possession, one count of fifth-degree possession of ecstasy, and one count of escape from custody, all felonies.

Ormsby was one of several arrested over the weekend at the park, along the western shore of Geneva Lake, during a music festival. Festivals at Harmony Park often draw people from around the Midwest.

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Authorities found him with two sandwich-sized baggies of marijuana, pills that field-tested positive for meth and cocaine, along with multiple baggies containing meth, according to Freeborn County District Court records.

Files state Freeborn County deputies found Ormsby while on patrol at the park at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. On closer view, they allegedly saw three people in the car and saw Ormsby roll up a clear plastic bag containing marijuana and a passenger in the back seat holding a glass pipe. When authorities asked Ormsby whether he had any other drugs on him, he reportedly slammed the door to the car, pushed the deputy against the vehicle and ran toward the camping area.

One of the deputies ran after Ormsby and tackled him about three car lengths away from the vehicle, according to court files.

Reports stated deputies searched the two passengers but they didn’t have illegal items.