'Dark Knight' Weapons Case: #4 Top Story of 2012
Scott A. Smith of North Ridgeville goes on trial in January
In July, a gunman opened fire in an Aurora, Colo., movie theatre during a showing of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. In August, the fear came home to Westlake. Jeremiah Bullins, an off-duty Westlake Police officer working security at Regal Cinema in Crocker Park on Aug. 4, was suspicious of a man he saw entering the theatre wearing what was described as looking like a fanny pack. And what happened next -- the Dark Knight weapons case -- was the fourth most popular story on Westlake Patch in 2012. After an employee asked the man to open the bag and saw nothing, Bullins followed the man, Scott A. Smith of North Ridgeville, into the theatre where a 10 p.m. showing of The Dark Knight Rises was scheduled. Smith was the only …
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