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Robbery Suspect In Custody After Escaping Police In Brooklyn

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A robbery suspect who escaped police custody in Brooklyn faces a host of new charges after being arrested Saturday.

Isiah McGill, 36, jumped out a second-story window around 4 p.m. Thursday at the 60th precinct in Coney Island.

He was being questioned about a robbery from September 2017, in which he allegedly stole $90 from a 52-year-old man.

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Isiah McGill, 36. (credit: NYPD)

McGill was arrested at his girlfriend's residence.

He's been charged with assault, escape, hindering prosecution, resisting arrest, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.

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