CROWN POINT | After two days of waiting in the wind and cold, fans of the movie "Public Enemies" and its star Johnny Depp were rewarded Wednesday with outdoor filming as well as drama of a different kind.

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While sighs of "Finally!" greeted the outside filming, that relief was short lived as watchers realized the barriers separating them from the movie set were pushed back farther than previous days. But the fans were resourceful.

Crown Point resident Chris Childs stood on a red, white and blue folding chair in the middle of Main Street to make sure his video camera made it over the heads of the rows of people in front of him. For Childs, this was not only the third day of filming, but his third day behind the orange fences; he'd already met Depp three times.

"It's not very comfortable," Childs said of his folding chair perch. "How can you be bored with Johnny Depp?"

And how can you be bored with Depp impersonators -- especially when they're on top of the historic courthouse in the middle of the square? Late Wednesday afternoon, a man dressed as Depp's character Jack Sparrow from "The Pirates of the Caribbean" movies stood on the topmost ledge of the courthouse, strapped into a harness and holding a sign advertising a Web site.

Crown Point Detective Sgt. Eldon Strong said the man, Rob Heiser, acted alone and was not considered a danger. Talking to him via cell phone, Strong said he convinced Heiser to come down by telling him he was embarrassing the courthouse.

Heiser's wife, Tracy, watched as officers put Heiser in a police car after he came down from the ledge. She said the act was a publicity stunt for an Internet business owned by the two.

"I was against it," she said of the stunt. "I want that on the record."

Tracy Heiser said her husband works for the courthouse foundation doing maintenance, which is how he had access to the courthouse. "He thinks it will be great publicity ... he knew he would get into some trouble."

By the time Heiser came down from the courthouse, a large number of the cast and crew had packed up at the old jail and moved to 590 E. Anderson St., where they were expected to begin filming the scene where infamous bank robber John Dillinger steals the sheriff's car after his escape from jail.

On spring break, Crown Point residents Kiah Bertocchi, 12, and Taylor Hinson, 11, were giggly with excitement.

"This is the best thing to happen to Crown Point," said Bertocchi.

Hinson quickly countered, "This is the best thing since the Don Jillinger thing."

"You mean John Dillinger?" Bertocchi asked as the two burst into giggles.