Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Smith indicted Monday on charges related to bringing gun, knives, ammunition into late-night showing of 'The Dark Knight Rises' at Regal Cinema in Crocker Park
Tuesday's scheduled preliminary hearing for Scott A. Smith was cancelled following his indictment Monday on weapons charges for being arrested with a loaded gun, ammunition and four knives at an Aug. 4 showing of The Dark Knight Rises at Regal Cinema in Crocker Park. Nicole DiSanto of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office said Monday that the preliminary hearing, where a judge would decide if the case was to proceed, was no longer necessary now that an indictment has been issued. Smith's next court appearance is his arraignment, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 27. He remains in jail on $250,000 bond. Smith, who does not have a concealed-carry permit, was indicted Monday on three charges: a fourth-degree felony carrying concealed weapons…
Monday, August 13, 2012
Smith facing charges related to bringing gun, knives, ammunition into late-night showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" at Regal Cinema in Crocker Park
Updated 5:28 p.m. Scott A. Smith was indicted on weapons charges Monday after being arrested with a loaded gun, ammunition and four knives at an Aug. 4 showing of The Dark Knight Rises at Regal Cinema in Crocker Park. The current charges listed at the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas docket are a fourth-degree felony carrying concealed weapons (for the gun found on him), a misdemeanor carrying concealed weapon (for the four knives found on him) and a third-degree felony for having weapons under disability (for the gun on him as well as the ones taken from his home). The prosecution is basing the weapons under disability charge on the claim that Smith has some kind of substance abuse issue. Smith has been in jail -- first in Westlake, …
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Scott A. Smith will be in court Tuesday on 21 charges related to bringing gun, knives, ammunition into late-night showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" at Regal Cinema in Crocker Park
Scott A. Smith, the North Ridgeville man facing charges after being arrested with a loaded gun, ammunition and four knives at an Aug. 4 showing of The Dark Knight Rises at Regal Cinema in Crocker Park, is set to be in court again on Tuesday. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 14, at the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. A preliminary hearing is when a judge decides whether probable cause has been established for the case to proceed. Smith has been in jail -- first in Westlake and since Tuesday at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center in downtown Cleveland -- since his arrest after off-duty Westlake police officer Jeremiah Bullins searched a bag Smith had brought into the theater and discovered the weapons. …
Friday, August 10, 2012
Scott A. Smith faces 21 charges related to allegedly bringing loaded gun, ammunition and four knives into theater showing "The Dark Knight Rises."
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Scott A. Smith faces 21 charges related to allegedly bringing loaded gun, ammunition and knives into theater showing "The Dark Knight Rises."
Updated 5:12 p.m. Bond was set at $250,000 Thursday afternoon for Scott A. Smith, who was arrested Saturday after allegedly bringing a loaded gun, ammunition and four knives to a late-night showing of The Dark Knight Rises at Regal Cinema in Crocker Park. Smith is facing 21 charges: 19 third-degree felony charges for having weapons under disability, one misdemeanor concealed carry violation for the four knives, and one fourth-degree felony concealed carry violation for the loaded gun. His next hearing is scheduled for Aug. 14. He could be in court sooner if an indictment is handed down. Smith's attorney, Matthew Bruce, had asked Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge Robert C. McClelland to release Smith on his own recognizance, …
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 …
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Scott A. Smith awaits charges after arrest for bringing gun, ammunition, knives to showing of 'The Dark Knight Rises' at Crocker Park movie theater
Updated 5:35 p.m. Scott A. Smith remains in Cuyahoga County jail Wednesday afternoon, awaiting formal charges after his Saturday arrest for bringing a gun, ammunition and four knives into a late-night showing of The Dark Knight Rises at Regal Cinema. Smith's attorney, Matthew Bruce, anticipated a bond hearing Wednesday, but it did not happen. Nicole DiSanto of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday that Scott would remain in jail until formal charges are made. According to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas website, a formal hearing has been set for 1:45 p.m. Friday. No charges are listed on the docket. Information is still coming in from the investigation by Westlake Police, DiSanto said. A grand jury will be …
Regal Cinema weapons suspect Scott A. Smith has bond hearing this afternoon.
Scott A. Smith, arrested over the weekend for bringing a loaded gun, ammunition and four knives into Regal Cinema for a late-night showing of The Dark Knight Rises, was carrying the weapons for self-defense, his lawyer said Wednesday. After the Aurora, Colo., shootings and other incidents, Smith "felt fear" going to the movie by himself, attorney Matthew Bruce said. "He brought (the weapons) in with him purely for self-defense," Bruce said. "He had no intent to harm, scare or threaten anyone." Smith was arrested after off-duty Westlake police officer Jeremiah Bullins, who was working security for Regal Cinema that night, approached Smith, who was sitting in the back row of the still-empty theater, and searched his bag. Bullins discovered …
Scott A. Smith of North Ridgeville accused of bringing a gun, ammunition and knives to showing of 'The Dark Knight Rises.'
When Westlake police officer Jeremiah Bullins spotted Scott A. Smith in an empty movie theater at Regal Cinema, Smith was in the very back row, in the middle seat. A waist pack sat at his feet. Bullins, who was in uniform but working off-duty as security for Regal Cinema, had been suspicious of Smith after being alerted about him and his waist pack by a Regal Cinema employee. He approached Smith, and asked to search the waist pack. Smith agreed. With that, a potential tragedy was averted as Smith was arrested on weapons charges. "It could have been a disaster," Westlake Police Lieutenant Ray Arcuri said Tuesday. "Where (Smith) was, once he'd gotten started (shooting), there would have been multiple victims." Check out the latest from the …
First Aurora, now an incident at Regal Cinema in Crocker Park, has people talking about safety, weapons and how to protect movie-goers from 'Dark Knight' copycats.
Words like "disaster" and "tragedy" were used to describe what could have happened at Regal Cinema on Saturday night. But, thanks to the actions of a cinema employee and an off-duty Westlake police officer working security, Scott A. Smith of North Ridgeville sits in jail on weapons charges after he was found to have a loaded 9MM Glock semiautomatic handgun, two more loaded magazines, and four knives on him as he sat in an empty theater. The movie he was going to see? In a scary reminder of the Aurora, Colo., shootings, Smith had bought a ticket to see The Dark Knight Rises. The Aurora shootings showed how vulnerable people are in movie theaters. Once the movie starts, it's dark, crowded and loud in there. While Regal Cinema won't discuss …
william dayton
11:21 am on Monday, August 13, 2012
melissa, i was at the regal cinema in willow grove pa. to see bourne legacy. i of course was carrying my 45 colt defender. i have a ltc permit form pa. at the entrance my wifes purse was searched. the ticket taker removed her tampons and stuff from her purse. she was mortified! the 2 security guys known aas i gathered shiftless and lazy haphazardly checked bags and such. i walked right in wearing… more ›