Phony Joker

Police in Michigan arrested a kid they say tried to steal posters and other items related to the new Batman movie from a cinema lobby while dressed up as the Joker.

Three Rivers Detective Mike Mohney said he expected 20yr old Spencer Taylor to be charged with larceny and malicious destruction of property.

Taylor is scheduled to be arraigned on August 5 in St Joseph County District Court.

Mohney says police officers who were dispatched to the Three Rivers Six Theatre arrived to find employees restraining a man wearing a purple suit, a green wig and face paint in the style of Batman's nemesis in The Dark Knight.

Taylor posed for mugshots both in and out of costume