Village police charge man on gun count

Village police charge man on gun count

CINCINNATI

Police in a southwest Ohio village who initially suspected a man pulled over in a traffic stop was on the U.S. Terrorist Watchlist say that turned out to be a false alarm.

However, Newtown police say they charged the man with a concealed weapon violation after finding a 9 mm handgun in his vehicle.

Initial police reports that two men suspected of being in the terrorism database were detained in the village just east of Cincinnati spread quickly Friday afternoon on social media.

Police say the man was pulled over for impeding traffic by driving slowly while using his cellphone.

Newtown Chief Tom Synan says something in his personal information triggered a caution warning. He says it’s better to be extra careful these days.

A female passenger wasn’t charged.

Ohio man rents entire theater for ‘Star Wars’

CUYAHOGA FALLS

An Ohio man wanted to make sure he got a good seat to see the latest “Star Wars” movie — so he rented out an entire theater.

Craig Foreman, of Kent in Northeast Ohio, paid about $1,300 to book an 87-seat theater at the Cinemark complex in Cuyahoga Falls for a Thursday night showing of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Besides his family, he invited members of the Ohio Star Wars Collectors Club to join him.

The 39-year-old Foreman, a high school sociology teacher who’s such a fanboy that he’s got a Star Wars tattoo, tells the Akron Beacon Journal that he’d been talking to Cinemark for more than a year about booking a private early showing. The movie opened nationwide Friday.

Associated Press