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.
(..) Indeed. Never had any adventures or did anything unexpected. If you're referring to the incident with the dragon,I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door. Whatever you did,you've been officially labeled a disturber of the peace. Oh,really? (..)2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring