'Doing God's Work': New York Man Busted At Bonnaroo With Fake Drugs

MANCHESTER, TN — A New York man, allegedly found with more than 1,000 fake drugs of all varieties the night before the four-day Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival officially began, told sheriff's deputies he was on a divine mission.

David E. Brady, 45, of Albany, New York, was sitting under a tent Wednesday night on the grounds of Bonnaroo in Coffee County, Tennessee, surrounded by what appeared to be narcotics, the county sheriff's department said. When deputies neared, Brady threw the items behind him. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

When he stood up, the deputies said they saw what appeared to be a bag of mushrooms hanging from his waistband. Upon a subsequent search, the deputies said they found 37 pills made to look like MDMA or ecstasy, 22 bags of fake mushrooms, roughly 1,000 hits of fake LSD, 20 bags made to look like cocaine and an incense stick made to look like black tar heroin.

Upon his arrest, Brady allegedly told deputies he was "doing God’s work by selling fake drugs."

Brady is charged with two counts of possession of counterfeit controlled substances and is also wanted on a warrant in Arkansas and thus was charged with being a fugitive from justice. His bond was set at $120,000.

Image via Coffee County Sheriff's Department