A dark nut is on the rise.
A man wearing white face paint, a green wig and the same red, menacing grin as Heath Ledger's character in "The Dark Knight" was arrested for drunkenly harassing Applebee's patrons in western New York, police said.
Aaron Chase, 24, sat at a Chautauqua County Applebee's bar on Sunday, intoxicated and without money, and hassled people around him, the Smoking Gun reported. He refused to leave when asked, according to a Lakewood-Busti Police Department incident report. Authorities charged Chase with trespassing and issued an appearance ticket.
He'd already been kicked out of a bar up the road from Applebee's for making gun gestures toward the bartender earlier that night, according to WIVB.
"People get a little uptight and nervous," bar owner Tim Ruch told WIVB, "You don't see this everyday." Chase has shown up in his establishment dressed up like the Joker before, Ruch said.
The 24-year-old was taken to WCA Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, according to the Jamestown Post Journal. "We take any call of this nature very seriously," said Sgt. Paul Gustafson of LBPD told the paper, "especially in a situation where a person dresses up in this manner."
In light of last summer's Aurora, Col. movie theater shooting -- where James Holmes, hair painted red, allegedly cried "I am the Joker" before allegedly opening fire and killing 12 people -- Lakewood police officials told the Buffalo News that they are treating instances like Chase's extremely seriously.
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*facepalm* I was born at WCA Hospital, and my family still lives out there. I swear we're not all that nutty.
Posted by: Damn Yankee | Monday, February 11, 2013 at 03:05 AM
Abblebee's? Must be a new spin off.
Posted by: foxgirltori | Monday, February 11, 2013 at 10:30 AM
"treating instances like Chase's extremely seriously."
You know, maybe we should stop treating these things so "extremely seriously". Perhaps he's an ass, perhaps he's a drunk, perhaps he needs help, but at the end of a gun isn't where to deliver it.
"But what if he, you know, goes off and shoots a lot of people?" "What if he does?" We are strong. We can withstand a few wingnuts. Teddy Roosevelt was shot himself during a speech and just kept on speaking. Yes, it's horrible. No, it's not the end of the world.
Stop taking these weirdos so seriously, and all the rest of us will get a lot less hassle.
--AT
Posted by: AmigaTech | Monday, February 11, 2013 at 06:36 PM
My hometown. So proud this is the kind of thing that gets it noticed. :P
Posted by: Julia | Monday, February 11, 2013 at 06:38 PM
I wonder if Applebee's is happy now that this weirdo is drawing attention way form them sacking the waitress that posted the "I give God...." receipt?
Posted by: Perky | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 01:44 PM
At first I thought this was going to have something to do with the Alois Bell thing, like some really weird form of protest.
Also, I kinda have to agree with AT - it sucks that we let one wackadoodle ruin a really fantastic costume.
Posted by: The Worst | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 05:24 AM