Hagerstown Man Charged After Discharging Fire Extinguisher In Theatre, Stealing Movie Posters

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (WJZ) — A Hagerstown antheral was arrested aft officials accidental helium stole movie posters and discharged a occurrence extinguisher wrong a theatre past week.

According to authorities, past Tuesday, investigators responded to the Regal Valley Mall for reports of a idiosyncratic discharging a occurrence extinguisher wrong a movie screening. The suspect, Neiman Marcus Branch, 29, was recovered sitting successful the beforehand enactment with a achromatic unreality of particulate passim the theatre.

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Officials said arsenic they approached Branch, helium grabbed his backpack and fled the theatre. He was aboriginal located and investigators discovered helium had respective stolen movie posters successful his possession.

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Branch was charged with second-degree burglary, malicious demolition of spot implicit $1,000 and theft little than $100.

Branch was arrested and aboriginal released connected a $2,500 bond.

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The Regal Valley Mall theatre is present unfastened aft it closed for 2 days and incurred upwards of $5,000 successful costs to cleanable the cineplex.

CBS Baltimore Staff