Crime & Safety
'The Dark Knight' Copy Cat Indicted on Weapons Charges
Scott A. Smith faces charges related to bringing gun, knives, ammunition into late-night showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" at Regal Cinema in Crocker Park
Updated 4:30 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 in .
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).
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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, then at the Cuyahoga County Jail since Aug. 7 -- since his arrest. He is being held on $250,000 bond.
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Smith was scheduled to have a preliminary hearing at 3 p.m. Tuesday, but that has been cancelled. According to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, his arraignment is set for 8:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27.
More details as they become available.
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