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Movie Goers Still Troop To Watch Batman Movie Despite Threats by gbadexy(m): 5:09pm On Jul 24, 2012
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3 arrested in separate 'Dark Knight'
incidents
Associated Press - 3 hours ago
At least 3 men accused of making threats during
or after watching the new Batman movie have
been arrested in separate incidents, underscoring
moviegoers' anxieties and heightened security in
the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a Colorado
theater showing the film.
A Maine man was arrested when he told
authorities that he was on his way to shoot a
former employer a day after watching "The Dark
Knight Rises," Maine state police said Monday.
Timothy Courtois of Biddeford, Maine, had been
stopped for speeding, and a police search of his
car found an AK-47 assault weapon, four
handguns, ammunition and news clippings about
the mass shooting that left 12 people dead early
Friday, authorities said.
Former graduate student James Holmes, 24, is
accused of opening fire in a theater in a Denver
suburb. The shooting also injured 58 people.
Courtois said he had attended the Batman movie
on Saturday, although police have not confirmed
whether he actually saw the film.
"I guess we're taking everything at face value,"
State Police Lt. Kevin Donovan said. "It's very
scary."
Police searched Courtois' home later Sunday and
found a machine gun, several other guns and
thousands of rounds of ammunition.
"We don't know what his true intentions were,"
said Steve McCausland, spokesman for the
Department of Public Safety. "Based on the
arsenal that was confiscated, we brought in our
counterparts from the FBI and ATF to assist with
the investigation."
Courtois was charged with speeding and
possession of a concealed weapon.
In Southern California, a man at a Sunday
afternoon showing of the film was arrested after
witnesses said he made threats and alluded to
the Aurora shooting when the movie didn't start.
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were called
to a cinema complex in Norwalk after moviegoers
said 52-year-old Clark Tabor shouted: "I should go
off like in Colorado." They said he then asked:
"Does anybody have a gun?"
A security guard saw Tabor with a backpack on
his knees in the second row, but deputies who
searched the bag, the theater and its
surrounding area did not find any weapon.
Separately, moviegoers in Sierra Visa, Ariz.,
panicked when a man who appeared intoxicated
was confronted during a showing of the movie.
The Cochise County Sheriff's office said it caused
"mass hysteria" and about 50 people fled the
theater.
Off-duty Border Patrol agents tackled Michael
William Borboa, 27, who had a backpack with
him, according to The Arizona Daily Star.
Authorities said it contained an empty alcohol
container and a half-empty moonshine bottle.
Borboa was arrested on suspicion of disorderly
conduct, and threatening and intimidating.
Despite some jitters over the horrific shooting,
moviegoers around the country still flocked to
theaters to see the film, which was the final
installment of the phenomenally successful
Batman trilogy. Warner Bros. reported that it
brought in USD 160.9 million over the weekend,
making it the third highest opening weekend
ever, after "The Avengers" and "Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows — Part 2."

Na by force to watch d movie?
Re: Movie Goers Still Troop To Watch Batman Movie Despite Threats by ektbear: 2:05am On Jul 25, 2012
Heh.

The first two were so good that I am willing to take the risk grin

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