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Hearing Friday for Regal Cinema Weapons Suspect

Scott A. Smith remains in Cuyahoga County Jail following arrest for bringing gun, ammunition, knives to showing of 'The Dark Knight Rises' at Crocker Park movie theater

 

Scott A. Smith will have his first hearing Friday afternoon after his arrest on weapons charges for allegedly bringing a loaded gun, ammunition and four knives into a showing of The Dark Knight Rises at Regal Cinema in Crocker Park.

A hearing was set for 1:45 p.m. Friday at the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in Cleveland.

No charges were listed on the docket as of Wednesday night.

Smith will have to be formally charged before any bond could be set, said Nicole DiSanto of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office. Initial charges from Saturday's arrest were carrying various weapons, carrying a concealed weapon and having weapons under disability.

Smith's attorney, Matthew Bruce, said that Smith brought the weapons into the theater for self-defense and was not going to harm anyone.

The latest from the Regal Cinema weapons case:

Regal Cinema weapons suspect Scott A. Smith still in jail

Smith's lawyer: Weapons were for self-defense

Guns, 'Thousands' of bullets seized from home of Regal Cinema suspect

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Regal Cinema suspect Scott A. Smith described by neighbors as 'quiet'

Regal Cinema employee, off-duty Westlake police officer may have prevented tragedy

Regal Cinema suspect had gun, knives, 'survival equipment' in bag

Related Topics: Ammunition, Aurora shootings, Crocker Park, Guns, Regal Cinema, Scott A. Smith, Scott Smith, The Dark Knight Rises, Weapons, and knives

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