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Pay your way out of trouble at Bonnaroo? Not this year

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival goers who leave Manchester with a criminal citation in their pockets won’t be allowed to pay their way out of trouble this year.

Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott said he will not continue his predecessor’s policy of allowing festival goers to pay inflated fines and avoid appearing in court on minor citations.

“Justice isn’t for sale,” said Northcott, a Republican who was elected last year.

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