Cleveland Cinemas 'Taking Precautions' As Batman Movie Opens

In the wake of the shooting tragedy in Colorado, the local movie chain says it will take "precautions to help address our patron's safety."

Cleveland Cinemas says it will "take precautions" in the wake of the tragic and horrifying shooting at a Colorado movie theater that has claimed the lives of at least 12 people and injured some 50 others. A gunman opened fire during the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in a suburban Denver theater, and police have arrested the suspect, James Holmes, a 24-year-old graduate student at the University of Colorado, according to the Huffington Post. Cleveland Cinemas released this statement today: Cleveland Cinemas wants to extend its sympathies to the victims in the incident at the Century Theatre in Colorado and to their families. Our thoughts are with them as they begin the difficult healing process. The safety and security of our …

•  10 Comments
• Photos (1)

Best of the Blotter

Movie-Theater Mishap & Mani-Pedi Refused: Best of the Blotter

The most bizarre police reports from departments throughout Northeast Ohio.

Northeast Ohio police departments have been busy with plenty of outlandish offenses. Here are the weirdest reports of the week. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. No mani-pedi here: Charles Swinney wouldn't take 'no' for an answer when it came to his nails. Mentor Police say the 43-year-old Cleveland man went into Asian Nails after several drinks and became irate when employees refused to give him a manicure and pedicure. He had a duffel bag with him and continually reached into it during the confrontation. That made four or five people scurry from the business. He told police getting a mani-pedi was on his "bucket list." He pleaded no contest to inducing panic and resisting arrest and was…

•  7 Comments
• Photos (1)

Raymond Torres

2:57 pm on Monday, June 18, 2012

i agree with brandon   more ›