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10-04-2012, 06:15
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UBER VOL !!!
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the most awesome whacker story ever!
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documen...d-again-769241
OCTOBER 3--A Michigan man who patrols the streets in a Batman costume is facing a felony charge after he allegedly interfered with a police investigation.
Mark Wayne Williams, 33, was busted after showing up at the site of an auto accident Saturday evening in Bear Creek Township in northern Michigan. Williams, dressed as Batman, was at the crash scene thanks to his monitoring of a police scanner, according to a court affidavit.
Investigators were probing the personal injury accident since the driver responsible for the crash had fled the scene. In a bid to track the motorist, troopers enlisted the help of a K-9 dog.
As troopers “were securing a large area for the search of the subject,” Williams “took it upon himself to search the area in his Batman persona,” according to a Michigan State Police statement.
Williams, seen above, told investigators that he “wanted to help troopers and searched part of the area before being found by troopers.” He added that he “just happened to be wearing his costume when he heard of the search.”
Concerned that Williams’s actions could compromise the dog’s ability to track the driver’s scent, troopers directed him to depart the area. But the wannabe superhero refused to comply. Troopers responded by arresting Williams for resisting and obstructing a police investigation, a felony carrying a maximum two-year prison term.
Investigators seized Williams’s homemade Batman outfit and gear, and booked him into the Emmet County jail (from which he bonded out Sunday). Williams is scheduled for an October 18 court appearance.
Williams, who lives in the city of Petoskey (pop. 5,670), was arrested last year after he was spotted, in costume, on the roof a local business. He was found carrying a collapsible baton and pepper spray in his utility belt.
As seen in the adjacent evidence photo (click to enlarge), cops photographed Williams, wings spread, in his Batman costume following his collar.
Williams--who has been dubbed “The Petoskey Batman”--subsequently pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count and was sentenced to six months probation. He was also ordered not to wear costumes during that term, which ended earlier this year.
Williams’s latest arrest was announced Sunday evening on the Facebook page of a woman who calls herself “Petoskey Batgirl” and apparently patrols the city with Williams. “Okay. Batman got arrested last night. Obstruction of Justice apparently. We will know what his bond is set at tonight at six,” she wrote, adding later that, “Im trying to come up with the money to bail him out.”
A photo on the woman’s Facebook page shows her on a July “patrol” with Williams, who appears to have upgraded his Batman costume from the one he was wearing when arrested last May. (4 pages)
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10-04-2012, 06:55
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Senior Member
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Bruce
I never talked to anyone who had to fire their gun who said "I wished I had the smaller gun and fewer rounds with me" Just because you find a hundred people who agree with you on the internet does not mean you're right.
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10-04-2012, 07:40
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Inactive/Banned
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Waco, Texas
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Where does he get all those wonderful toys?
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10-04-2012, 08:53
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Mr. Awesome
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Kansas
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That's not even a good Batman costume.
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-3/325:Now, where's my dedicated bodyguard? Oh, yeah, he's staring back at me in the mirror.
-"Every fear hides a wish"
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10-04-2012, 09:25
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Senior Member
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Location: USA
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Just saw that episode on tv. Lol.
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10-04-2012, 10:05
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NRA Life Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: New Jersey...sucks
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Nothing I can add to that. 
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I deserve to lose a gunfight if I ever take gunfighting advice from James Yeager.
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10-04-2012, 12:15
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GoDirectly2Jail
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: The Old Dominion
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I wonder did he tell the cops he was the hero that Petoskey deserved?
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10-04-2012, 23:37
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Juris Glocktor
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Out the frying pan & into the fire!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GD2J
I wonder did he tell the cops he was the hero that Petoskey deserved?
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He's the hero they deserve, not the hero they need... or was it the hero they need but not deserve... or did they deserve to need him?
Ugh....
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Cool story, bro... when do you get to the part where you shut up and walk away from me?
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10-05-2012, 04:36
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Isaiah 53:4-9
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It's one of those moments when you just have to shake your head. Imagine if they got togehter and had bat children?
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10-05-2012, 07:15
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Juris Glocktor
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Out the frying pan & into the fire!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingarthurhk
It's one of those moments when you just have to shake your head. Imagine if they got togehter and had bat children?
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They would have to figure out how first. 
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Cool story, bro... when do you get to the part where you shut up and walk away from me?
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10-05-2012, 11:33
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Senior Member
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10-05-2012, 08:07
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Senior Member
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Location: Wisconsin
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Gotta love this story. I sent out a copy of it to all officers in the county last night. Hopefully the day shift guys got a smile when they logged onto their MDC's this morning. 
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I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
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10-05-2012, 08:40
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Senior Member
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Location: The Middle
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Haven't laughed so hard in months... thanks for the page 1 comments all
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10-05-2012, 09:34
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Semper Paratus
Join Date: Mar 2001
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He looks like "The Fist Of Goodness"
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Well when a naked man is chasing a woman down an alley with a butcher knife and a hard on, I figure he's not collecting for the red cross...Inspector H. Callahan
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10-05-2012, 09:55
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NRA LIFE MEMBER
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I'm so glad yall think this **** is so ****ing funny.
I was just trying to help.
Jesus Christ.
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10-05-2012, 17:03
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Bamboozled
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mayhem like Me
He looks like "The Fist Of Goodness"
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Maybe she likes "the fist of goodness".......
For his crime fighting skills......
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Si vis pacem, para bellum
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10-04-2012, 13:03
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Bamboozled
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Tx
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Sigh........... This is what our society has become. Just effing great.
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Si vis pacem, para bellum
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10-04-2012, 13:28
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Spershul Furces
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Location: Afghanistan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by indigent
Sigh........... This is what our society has become. Just effing great.
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Yep. Don't worry, the police have everything under control...
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10-04-2012, 13:33
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NRA Life Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: New Jersey...sucks
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMonkey
Yep. Don't worry, the police have everything under control...
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No, they don't. They aren't even supposed to have everything under control and I don't want them to. Our system has never worked that way and never should.
But, on this point, a looney in a batman suit, or, more often, some mall ninjas with 5.11 pants and 40 lbs of concealed weapons, add nothing to the mix except silliness and potential crime victims who should have stayed in the suburbs.
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I deserve to lose a gunfight if I ever take gunfighting advice from James Yeager.
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10-04-2012, 21:55
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CLM Number 122
Why so serious?
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Location: NRA Life Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMonkey
Yep. Don't worry, the police have everything under control...
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What's hanging in your closet, hero?
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10-04-2012, 22:08
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Street Person
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: On the corner of Gang and Ghetto
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TBO
What's hanging in your closet, hero?
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Game, Set, and Match.
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Dear God, this is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. It's got to rank right up there with CALEA. -Pepper45
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10-04-2012, 23:28
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Spershul Furces
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Afghanistan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TBO
What's hanging in your closet, hero?
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Whatever they issue me 
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10-05-2012, 18:19
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by indigent
Sigh........... This is what our society has become. Just effing great.
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Plus "Honey Boo Boo."
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10-04-2012, 13:25
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Senior Member
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Location: Tuktoyaktuk
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The pitstains are CQB combat effective
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10-04-2012, 13:37
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Miami
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bren
No, they don't. They aren't even supposed to have everything under control and I don't want them to. Our system has never worked that way and never should.
But, on this point, a looney in a batman suit, or, more often, some mall ninjas with 5.11 pants and 40 lbs of concealed weapons, add nothing to the mix except silliness and potential crime victims who should have stayed in the suburbs.
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Like Zimmerman.
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