NYC man threatens to jump from high-rise window – One America News Network

The suspect, 35-year-old Ian Mitchell, had allegedly once posed as the scion of a wealthy Jamaican family back in 2015. Police say that he is wanted in connection with a financial fraud investigation.

Emergency services communicated and attempted to hold negotiations with the suspect as he dangled himself off the ledge of the 31^st floor of a building on West 56th Street between 6^th and 7^th avenue. Then, an NYPD Emergency Services Unit officer scaled his way down from the floor above to slip inside the residence through a shattered glass window, to conclude the bizarre face-off with the suspect.

This incident began on Wednesday morning, when the FBI attempted to execute a search warrant. Manhattan Supreme Court documents showed a pair of open grand larceny cases and a bench warrant for the arrest of Mitchell. At some point, they say, the suspect broke the window of the 31^st floor and walked on to the ledge.

Posing himself as “Ian Matalon,” Mitchell has been accused of performing numerous scams and even ran a multimillion-dollar hedge fund called INC Capital, promising his victims a handsome return if they invested in the bogus company and other ventures.