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.
(..) Why is everyone acting like they didn't know I was coming here this weekend? Rick, you got some real balls coming here. Erica-- she's still pissed about the bachelor party incident, and you knew that. Shit, no, man, I didn't. Look, what if I have a little powwow with her, you know, apologize? (..)2009 The Black Waters of Echo's Pond