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.
(..) Thank you for bringing it down here. CLARlSSE/ l also came to apologize... for the way l spoke to you about the beach incident. It was judgementaI of me. I didn't pause to verify the facts. That's aII right, Grandma. I've been thinking about it (..)2001 The Princess Diaries