US man indicted on charges of taking gun, ammunition, knives into Batman movie

CLEVELAND – A U.S. man arrested with a loaded gun, ammunition and knives at a showing of the latest Batman movie has been indicted on three weapons counts.

A grand jury in Cleveland returned the indictment Monday against 37-year-old Scott A. Smith with two counts of carrying concealed weapons and one count of having a weapon under disability. Police say he’s drug dependent and shouldn’t have a weapon.

Bond was set at $250,000 and arraignment was scheduled for Aug. 27.

Smith’s attorney says his client had the weapons Aug. 4 for protection in case someone tried to copy last month’s Colorado theatre shooting that left 12 dead.

There was no immediate response to a request for comment on the indictment.

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