When has Bruce Wayne been arrested?

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How many times have we seen Bruce Wayne, in one identity or another, get arrested by the cops?

I'll take anything -- comic book stories that are "in continuity," comic book stories that are "out of continuity," TV episodes, movies, anything that's been "officially" released as a Batman adventure. (No amateur fanfics, please!) As long as he was actually arrested and taken into custody! Whether the cops thought they were arresting "Bruce," or "Batman," or someone else entirely because he was using another alias!

Note: I'm not counting all those times when the police issued an All-Points Bulletin for Batman and chased him around the city but totally failed to apprehend him. For instance, in the movie "Batman Begins" the police tried to chase him when he was cruising around in his Batmobile, but a fat lot of good it did them. If they had ever managed to grab him and lock handcuffs on his wrists, I would count that as a real arrest, however -- even if he'd escaped from the handcuffs two minutes later! :)

To start the ball rolling, I'll mention a recent example of what I'm looking for.

A few years ago we had the big "Bruce Wayne: Murderer?" event. He actually ended up being indicted, tried, sentenced, and convicted on a charge of murder in that one, and spent time in prison. (It was made clear to the readers that Bruce figured he could escape from his cell and make a clean getaway at any time, but he simply didn't bother until after it became clear that other prisoners were being bribed to kill him.)

I can think of several other stories that would qualify, but I'll shut up for now and leave it to you to help compile a list!
 
Year one. Bruce gets shot, cuffed and thrown in the squad car. Of course, he escaped before reaching the precinct and being charged but it still counts as an arrest in my book.
 
Well, there's the whole "Bruce Wayne: Murderer?" and "Bruce Wayne: Fugitive" storylines. He was convicted of killing his then-girlfriend (who's name I don't remember) and sent to prison.
 
Well, there's the whole "Bruce Wayne: Murderer?" and "Bruce Wayne: Fugitive" storylines. He was convicted of killing his then-girlfriend (who's name I don't remember) and sent to prison.

Vesper Fairchild. She was actually his ex at the time.
In 'The Last Arkham', which was the first arc in 'Shadow of the Bat', Batman was sent to Arkham on Gordon's orders, although it was all a ploy to underover a plot within involving Zsasz and Jeremiah Arkham.
 
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Blind Justice, the 50th anniversary story written by Sam Hamm. Wayne is framed by corrupt elements within his company and arrested as a Communist spy, but is shot before the trial. Also noteworthy for introducing Henri Ducard.
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He was also arrested in TLH, only for a few hours but he was in custody.
 

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