“Stormtrooper, Ghostbuster assaulted in Portland during Free Comic Book Day; 300-pound man arrested,” the Main Sun-Journal reports:
Westbrook man was Tasered by police on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a man dressed as a Stormtrooper and another man dressed as a Ghostbuster, according to police.
Adam Barnes, 31, was arrested on State Street after assaulting two people in costume and threatening police, said Portland police Lt. Gary Hutcheson. He was charged with two counts of assault, disorderly conduct and five counts of criminal threatening because he threatened all five officers at the scene.
After refusing to submit to arrest, he was Tasered, said Hutcheson.
Coast City Comics at the corner of Congress St. and Park St. was hosting an event associated with Free Comic Book Day, a national event, on Saturday, according to Jarrett Melendez, event coordinator. About a dozen people were dressed in costume. People were dressed as Ghostbusters, Stormtroopers from Star Wars, the Green Lantern and Wonder Woman.
Bobby Daggett of Portland was dressed as Green Lantern when he said he witnessed the first assault.
“There were a bunch of people standing outside trying to drum up business and one guy was dressed as a Stormtrooper,” said Daggett. “Out of nowhere this guy tried to put [the guy in the Stormtrooper costume] in a chokehold from behind and then throws him to the ground. He was trying to be intimidating above him and screamed obscenities to everybody.”
Hutcheson said Barnes is 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 300 pounds. He was intoxicated at 2:30 p.m., when Barnes was arrested, he said.
Daggett said the scene was so bizarre that he didn’t think it was real.
Well, reality is increasingly fungible these days. On the bright side however, note that only one 300-pound man was reported arrested on Free Comic Book Day. Clearly the First Lady’s anti-obesity efforts are making significant progress.
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