3 held in ‘Dark Knight’ scares

At least three men accused of making threats during or after watching the new Batman movie have been arrested in separate incidents in the US, underscoring filmgoers’ anxieties and heightened security in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a Colorado cinema showing the film.

In the state of Maine, a man was arrested when he told authorities he was on his way to shoot a former employer a day after watching The Dark Knight Rises, police said.

Timothy Courtois of Biddeford, Maine, had been stopped for speeding, and a police search of his car found an AK-47, four handguns, ammunition, and news clippings about the shooting that left 12 people dead last Friday.