[rktman]

"It is not known if the suspect or the victim are connected with the Burning Man Project." HUH? Just event goers? Not officially on until tomorrow. We have an acquiatance who is making his 21st trip and he headed up on Thursday to set up his encampment. So there are people there early. Me, uh, no way. Not much other reason to go to Black Rock playa or Gerlach.

[Jim W N]

I hate “Burning Man”.

There’s something diabolical about it.

[ifinnegan]

“The victim gave ... the suspect’s location, which helped cops track him down.”

Yeah, that would help.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

With a name like Oleg Gennadievich Ivanov . . . GUILTY!

[Rebelbase]

Burning Man corp. has regional subsidiaries that host the same kind of weirdness on a smaller scale.

There was one hosted for several years a few miles from me.

A couple of years ago one of the attendees drowned in a lake. The landowner was obligated by contract to host again last year but pulled the plug on the event this year.

For a few days every year when it was up and running there were a lot of weird people around the area.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Isn’t the whole event one giant debauchery and bacchanalia? It must be hard to be charged with rape there.

[Rio]

A subset of the burners pass through here (Maybe from Portland and Bend, OR...)
Last year I was at one of the big discount grocery stores in town on Friday pre-BM. Burners were everywhere. A crusty-looking bunch even before the burn.
Monday AFTER, I spotted a pair of them with a SUPER dusty car looking very burned out outside the local liquor store.

Interesting group. Not for me. Not even when I was young and foolish.

Maybe eight or so years ago, a couple of them had a single-car fatal accident out here on the way home late at night. There’s still one of those road-side shrines by some guy’s hay field where the driver fell asleep and they both bought it.

[M Kehoe]

Crap, Ivan is everywhere.

5.56mm

[plain talk]

Ah ... Burning Man. Never been or ever plan to go but I do find the photos to be bizarre and fascinating.

[Karliner]

Why would any NORMAL person go out there and even think all that craziness and evil wouldn’t come back on them? A couple passes with an A-10 warthog would be a good start to cleaning up the planet

[VeniVidiVici]

And in Montgomery County Maryland you can be an illegal alien, rape a child and get a $1000 bail. What a country

https://www.conservativereview.com/news/md-sanctuary-county-lets-illegal-alien-alleged-rapist-go-free-despite-immigration-detainer-ice-says/

[Col Freeper]

[A man arrested at the site of Burning Man faces charges of sexual assault and false imprisonment.}

“ A Hunk-A-Hunk of Burnin’ Love?”

[bgill]

The journalist doesn’t know a lot. Maybe he’s starting in on his weed a bit early.

Is the possible bad guy who may or may not be in jail a US citizen or not?

[plain talk]

They work to clean up their messes so I'm told. However the modified 747 got stuck in the sand so that caused some problems.

[Zathras]

I’ve been to Black Rock once for High Power Rocket event.
It really is a lovely place when the weather is good.