‘Batman’ charged with obstructing police in US; they say he wouldn’t leave them alone

PETOSKEY, Mich. – Police say they arrested a U.S. man after he showed up at a crime scene wearing a Batman outfit because he wouldn’t leave them alone.

“He wouldn’t clear the scene, and we had a canine out there, and he kept screwing up the scent,” State Police Sgt. Jeff Gorno told the Petoskey News-Review. “He said he wanted to help us look for the driver.”

Mark Wayne Williams, 33, was charged in Saturday’s incident with resisting and obstructing police in an investigation.

Williams also was arrested last year after police received a report of a man dressed as Batman on the roof of a local business. He was sentenced to six months of probation, during which he was forbidden to wear costumes.

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