Man wanted by FBI threatened to jump from Manhattan high-rise window: sources

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The standoff began around 8:40 a.m. on West 56th Street. For a time, the man sat on a ledge near a shattered window with both legs dangling outside the building. The man was wanted in connection to a financial fraud investigation, according to police. The suspect eventually barricaded himself inside the apartment.

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New York Post

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A 35-year-old man threatened to jump from a 20th-floor window of a Manhattan skyscraper Wednesday as the FBI showed up there to serve a search warrant, police sources said. The man — whose identity was not immediately known — broke the window inside an apartment within the 72-story CitySpire condominium building and attempted to climb...

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PIX 11

Man wanted by FBI threatened to jump from Manhattan high-rise window: sources

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AM New York

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