A delayed order for a Batmobile allegedly prompted a customer to tap his friend — a northern California sheriff — to press charges against the automaker.
San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos Bolanos reportedly authorized detectives last month to fly to Indiana to raid the garage of Fiberglass Freaks in Logansport, according to a report from KGO-TV in San Francisco.
Shop owner Mark Racop was charged with obtaining money by false pretenses and diversion of construction funds in California, both of which are felonies. He also had his bank account frozen and spent an hour in a local jail.