NYPD: Man leaps through window after stealing comic book in Times Square

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
NYPD: Man leaps through window after stealing comic book in Times Square
Josh Einiger has the details on the comic book theft in Times Square.

TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan -- A man is in custody in Manhattan after he jumped out of a second-floor window of a comic book store.

Police say the 24-year-old was trying to steal a comic book at Midtown Comics on 40th Street and 7th Avenue.

While trying to elude the store security, officers say he jumped from the window.

The man was taken into custody and was taken to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries.