Captured fugitive was living in stores

A prison escapee who was apprehended in Charlotte this week had been living in a Toys “R” Us and vacant Circuit City building for months, eating baby food and watching DVDs, police said Thursday. He lived off the bounty of Toys “R” Us, police said. He decorated his secret room with posters and model toys, played hoops with a mini-basketball net and watched “Spider-Man 2.” He routed water from Toys “R” Us to his new home, police said, and even installed a smoke detector.

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Seems like a Richard Pryor plot, rewritten by William Gibson…
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