Above: Grandpa Woodstock in happier times. Photo by Flickr user flat-outcrazy.
Woodstock's 70-year-old hippie icon, Grandpa Woodstock, was arrested on Friday, August 8 on charges of selling marijuana and controlled substances out of an apartment at 135 Tinker Street, according to a press release from the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team and the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
Left: Allyn M. Richardson's mug shot, courtesy of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
Grandpa Woodstock, whose real name is Allyn M. Richardson, came to the attention of law enforcement after "numerous complaints" by neighbors that he was dealing from his apartment.
After Richardson's apartment was broken into by an armed assailant in June, Ulster County's team of narcotics investigators swung into action, conducting "numerous undercover buy operations."
The narcs closed their net on the septuagenarian this afternoon. Using a search warrant to enter Richardson's apartment, they found marijuana, diverted pharmaceuticals, electronic scales and drug packaging material, according to the press release.
Grandpa Woodstock made headlines last summer when he and his wife, known as Grandma Woodstock, were stranded in a Salt Lake City airport because Grandma Woodstock was not carrying an ID.
The two hippies enchanted their fellow passengers. At the time, Grandpa Woodstock told a Fox 13 reporter that experience helped him "spread his message":
“All we have to do to have peace and love is learn how to love each other like brothers and sisters,” he said.
