Veishea 2013 has come and gone without too many problems compared to past Veishea celebrations.

“Every one of our categories was lower this year except for criminal citations, which were up from last year,” said Sgt. Brad Baker of the Ames Police.

According to the Ames Police records, arrests decreased from 62 arrests during Veishea 2012 to 43 arrests during Veishea 2013.

Citations, though, slightly increased from 46 people cited last year to 52 this year. The department also had 346 calls, down from 377 calls in 2012.

The Ames Police started keeping track of their Veishea weekend statistics at 3 p.m. Friday and went until 7 a.m. Sunday.

Baker stated the drop in arrests was due in part to the proactive efforts of the ISU and Ames Police Departments along with the help of the university.

He also highlighted the cold weather as playing a part in the drop.

“From what I saw, the weekend started out pretty busy, but then it slowed down and ended up being a pretty smooth Veishea,” Baker said.

Baker pointed to the two car flipping incidents as the ones garnering the most attention during the weekend.

The first car incident took place at the 300 block of Welch Avenue around midnight on Saturday, April 20, 2013. A group of people were seen rocking a car back and forth until it flipped onto its side.

One person from the Welch Avenue incident has been arrested so far. Joshua Ryan of Spencer, Iowa, was charged with second degree criminal mischief and is not believed to be an ISU student, according to Ames Police.

The second car flipping incident happened at 2:25 a.m. at 2035 Sunset Drive, a few blocks from the Welch Avenue incident. Currently, the Ames Police have no suspects related to the Sunset Drive incident or additional suspects for the Welch Avenue one.

The police have released a picture retrieved from a social media site that shows the people flipping the car on the 300 block of Welch Avenue. Ames Police are asking for the community’s help in finding the rest of the individuals responsible for flipping the two cars as they continue their ongoing investigation.

Kyle Dirks, Butch’s Auto and Towing Services employee, said the company dealt with the two incidents and flipped the cars back onto their wheels.

Dirk said the car on Welch Avenue had scratches on the side along with a line down its side caused by the flip.

“It was a pretty simple recovery that took a little over five minutes to do. It was just drunk people who flipped it over,” Dirks said.

Baker stated overall, this year’s Veishea was more tame compared to past celebrations.

“It was a pretty uneventful weekend. Arrests were down and besides the two car flipping incidents, everything went pretty smooth,” Baker said.