GARETTSVILLE, OH – Evan Kelley, the owner of Nelson Ledges Quarry Park is a self-promoting hippie, alcoholic and drug addict that uses and abuses his property for financial and sexual gain. He promotes love, peace and states NLQP is heaven on earth when in fact, it is actually a gathering of drug fueled crimes for like minded individuals. Where this place goes completely off the rails is in the management – ran by hippies that directly influence and corrupt the park to the extreme. This is not a relaxing family friendly nature experience or a place for nature and music lovers as advertised but instead, filled with people come here to bang, do drugs, drink, and fight at all hours of the night and day. There have been death’s, sexual assaults, robberies, murder & more at Nelson Ledges.
Drugs and alcohol are highly encouraged – not just from the people coming in but the staff as well. Each staff person is on drugs; cocaine, molly, ecstasy, heroin, you name it. Even the owners, Evan and his estranged wife, Kristina are suffering from their addictions. Their rap sheets prove it. Both have drug and alcohol related charges. This park is deceptive to the outside world. You won’t realize until it’s too late and you already paid to get in, but this place is a drug dealers den. People and workers actually live there away from society in rotting campers that have been sitting there for years. From the owners, to the employees (especially security) and some vendors are drug dealers. This is why the Portage County sheriffs office and police are constantly investigating during the busiest seasons. They’re busting the criminals left and right.
Security will rob campers of their possessions, drugs, alcohol, money or anything of volume then kick you out of the park at all hours of the night. There was a lawsuit filed against security for attacking and beating an underage boy. The drug induced crimes that are committed here in the back yard of Evan don’t end there. He has Domestic Violence charges from attacking and beating his wife in 2011 then most recently he has two DV charges are attacking and beating the shit out of his daughter. He was found convicted and has to undergo anger management classes, drug and alcohol assessment and probation for two years. The criminal charges don’t end there though as he has numerous OVI’s, possession, and trafficking in drugs charges.
Evan Kelley has created a divide within the community while publicly shaming and harassing other venues. These other venues who actually promote safe, peaceful and loving gatherings. The complete opposite of NLQP. I need to mention again that NLQP is not a family park!! It is a pit of misery where people get hurt, sexually abused and attacked from the party goers and security. Not only this but the drownings that have occurred in recent years keep rising because of the drugs that this park allows in. People are getting obliterated, jumping in the water & drowning because of minimal if not any lifeguards on duty. Kids young as 17,18 years old, dead because this park can’t control its own environment. There was a mom found dead, face in the mud and autopsy revealed several drugs in his system. Another man found dead, thought to be an overdose but was ruled a fucking homicide and the killer is still on the loose. Cause of death-strangulation!
This park and it’s owner has clear blood on their hands and it’s all by intent. Evan and the staff at NLQP gaslight and manipulate anyone who has anything bad to say about the Ledges. Evan also manipulates, uses and controls every woman he’s appeared to have ‘dated’. he’s lusted after and would fall in love with these women in a twisted drug and alcohol state of delusion trying to fill the void and heartache after his wife left him, escaping his abuse and getting pregnant by her drug dealer. Using his position of power at NLQP he dated and had sexual relations with multiple women under the guise of being a stand up, wholesome and wealthy man. In reality, he’s just a corrupt business owner that profits off of death, despair and debauchery.
The owner is a womanizer that exhibits predatory behavior and uses his position to influence women for sexual purposes. He’s slept with multiple women, some 20, 30, even 40 years younger them him by providing drugs, money, and shelter to these women. Evan is well known by staff and customers to walk around intoxicated and completely naked around family camping and in front of children at his park. Nudity is against he rules and Evan will call the police for anyone who is nude, except of course himself. He’s even posted a video of himself in underwear reading a children’s book. This is an evil man and his intentions are absolutely evil. Nelson Ledges is not a safe camping park for families (or anyone) and how could it be? Especially when the owner’s life is unmanageable, completely filled with drugs, alcohol and violence.
THE BOTTOM LINE
SCUMBAGGED Tip: How is this park still open and operating in the manner in which it is after the od’s, violence from staff, hard drug use, sexual assaults’, deaths and homicide? Because a lot of people aren’t aware of what’s really happening behind the scenes. Maybe now that this article has ran, things will change and lives can be saved. Honestly, Nelson Ledges has gotten away with this for a long time. Maybe a higher level of concern will change things for the better?
