NEW YORK (AP) - A man wearing a parachute has been arrested after being pulled off the outside edge of the Empire State Building by New York City police who had been tipped off to the stunt.
A police spokesman says J. Ray Corliss IV, of Malibu, Calif., was arrested shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday. He had dangled from outside a security railing on the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building.
Police say the 30-year-old man got into the building wearing a wig and a professional "fat suit," worth thousands of dollars. The parachute was hidden underneath.
An officer and private security officers who were tipped that a jump might occur grabbed Corliss.
Corliss, a Discovery Channel host who says he's tried similar stunts before, is charged with a number of offenses including assault and reckless endangerment.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
A police spokesman says J. Ray Corliss IV, of Malibu, Calif., was arrested shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday. He had dangled from outside a security railing on the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building.
Police say the 30-year-old man got into the building wearing a wig and a professional "fat suit," worth thousands of dollars. The parachute was hidden underneath.
An officer and private security officers who were tipped that a jump might occur grabbed Corliss.
Corliss, a Discovery Channel host who says he's tried similar stunts before, is charged with a number of offenses including assault and reckless endangerment.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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