Joker Imposter Arrested in Michigan
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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 that 20-year-old Spencer Taylor of Three Rivers, Mich., has been booked for investigation of larceny and malicious destruction of property.
Mr. Taylor is scheduled to be arraigned August 5 in St. Joseph County District Court.
Mr. 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.”
