Batmobile driver (SLAM!) and passenger (CLANK!) jailed on drug charges

CENTERVILLE, Ind. — When police pulled over a Batmobile on Thursday night, officers did not find the caped, crime-fighting duo of Batman and Robin.

Instead, two men were taken to jail on drug charges.

Jehoshua C. Hammock, 35, of the 200 block of North 16th Street and Travis J. Amburgy, 28, of the 200 block of North Dublin Street in Dublin both face a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana. Amburgy also is charged with misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia.

The impounded Batmobile was transported by Jim Pass of Road One Towing from Cambridge City. Pass posted pictures on Facebook of the unusual vehicle, which has been modified by Hammock in the form of a Batmobile, including bat stickers.

"When you think after 40 years you have towed everything," Pass posted with the photos on Facebook. "Then this comes along."

The unique vehicle drew attention about 8:30 p.m. Thursday while parked at Doddridge Chapel on Chapel Road southwest of Centerville. Sheriff Jeff Cappa said his officers were dispatched to check a suspicious vehicle at the chapel.

"This particular vehicle was described as matching the description of the Batmobile," Cappa said.

The vehicle passed one of the responding officers, who turned around and initiated a traffic stop in the 1900 block of Willow Grove Road, Cappa said. A nearby K-9 unit was requested at the scene, and the K-9 indicated positive to the possibility of drugs in the vehicle, Cappa said.

Officers searching the vehicle discovered marijuana, leading to the arrests of Hammock and Amburgy.

Both men remained in the Wayne County Jail at 11 a.m. Friday.