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Police seek beer thief who dressed as Batman with a Captain America mask

Police in Salamanca, N. Y., are looking for this man, who dressed in a Batman costume and wore a Captain America mask when he left the store with two 18-packs of beer without paying first.
Police in Salamanca, N. Y., are looking for this man, who dressed in a Batman costume and wore a Captain America mask when he left the store with two 18-packs of beer without paying first. WIVB

Do superheroes drink beer?

WIVB-TV in Buffalo reports that police in western New York say they’re looking for a man who was wearing a Batman costume and a Captain America mask when he walked out of a convenience store Tuesday with two 18-packs of beer without paying for them.

Police in Salamanca, near the Pennsylvania border, say the store’s surveillance cameras show the man wearing the combined outfit as he carries an 18-pack in each hand.

The man, described by police as in his 20s, apparently made his getaway on foot.

This story was originally published August 25, 2016 at 4:11 PM with the headline "Police seek beer thief who dressed as Batman with a Captain America mask."

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