Holy hooligans! Phony 'Joker' arrested in Michigan

[kidzpca]

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article...6&affid=100055

THREE RIVERS, Mich. (AP) -- Police in Michigan have arrested a man who they say tried to steal posters and other items related to the new Batman movie from a cinema lobby while dressed up as the Joker.

Detective Mike Mohney said Monday 20-year-old Spencer Taylor of Three Rivers has been booked for investigation of larceny and malicious destruction of property.

Taylor is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 5 in St. Joseph County District Court.

There is no telephone listing under his name in the Three Rivers area.

Mohney says officers who were dispatched early Sunday to the theater arrived to find employees restraining a man wearing a purple suit, a green wig and face paint in the style of Batman's nemesis in "The Dark Knight."

THE KICKER: The theater had a costume contest for The Dark Knight charaters the opening day and the winner would win a poster and more but no one showed up in costume.

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[roserob]

i like the kicker shows how dumb people can be

[Lild]

Hahahaha, I saw that yesterday...some people are just "disturbed"...

[G'maDebbie]

Only in Michigan lol!

[Jolie Rouge]

If he had approached management he might have gotten one of the posters after the movies' run, just for asking. We did a friend's TV/game room just by asking for promotional items from Walmarts, local theaters and other stores. Bed Bath and Beyond has some lovely clear green plastic leaves hanging from the ceiling right now; the local store has promised me two sets when they change the displays. Most of the time those types of things go in the trash if an employee doesn't take them home.