The suspects were arrested 'without incident'. [=without any unexpected trouble]
Aside from a few isolated 'incidents', the crowd was well-behaved.
We just want to put that embarrassing 'incident' behind us.
(..) Tells this cute little tattle-tales to sell his junk, but he don't sell no Yankee boys no truth. Something happened, right? It had to be based on some real incident. Are you, Jimmy Olsen, cub reporter for the Daily Asshole? - Grampa, watch your language. - I don't think you need to know. (..)2003 House of 1000 Corpses