Costumed Crusader

In what is at least his eighth false-arrest <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/jose-costume.pdf">complaint</a></strong> against New York City, Jose Escalona-Martinez wants damages for his July 26, 2016, arrest in Times Square while dressed as Captain America.

MANHATTAN – In what is at least his eighth false-arrest complaint against New York City, Jose Escalona-Martinez wants damages for his July 26, 2016, arrest in Times Square while dressed as Captain America.

Escalona-Martinez was reportedly arrested in February that year on charges that he stole $50 from an Irish tourist while dressed as Batman.

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