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Bogus rap concert has police hunting Indiana man
DAYTON - Police are looking for an Indiana man suspected of promoting a bogus rap concert at a local union hall, collecting money from people and then fleeing the venue with the cash.
Concertgoers started ransacking the IUE-CWA Union Hall, 313 S. Jefferson St., when they realized there was not going to be a concert about 1 a.m., Sunday, March 28, police said.
The hall was rented to Anthony Brown, of Bloomington, Ind., who promoted a “huge entertainment event in which several (rap) celebrities” were going to perform, police said. Brown hired his own security and people to take money at the front door, police said.
Brown collected $30 per person - more for VIPs - and then took off in a car, Lt. Larry Faulkner said.Officers were called to the union hall about 1:15 a.m. and found hundreds of people damaging the union’s property, police said.
Vending machines, televisions, a water fountain and a copy machine were damaged, police said. Union officials said surveillance equipment was installed days before the concert and should have captured nearly all the events that night.
It is unclear what rappers were promised to appear at the bogus concert.
Police are expecting to view that footage today. Anyone with information about the bogus concert or Brown’s whereabouts are urged to call 333-COPS.
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