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FBI Puts Most Wanted In Times Square
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 15, 2010
Modified Jan 15, 2010
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This will likely freak out tourists, but the Daily News is reporting that sometime today the FBI will unveil a massive digital billboard in Times Square dedicated to getting the faces of fugitives out there.
The rotating cast of most wanted mugs can be seen at 47th Street and Broadway, and will also display a tips hotline, incase you happen to be standing in the TKTS booth line with one of the unsavory characters.
Special Agent Richard Kalko told the paper, "We're going to make some bad guys famous in Times Square. Hopefully, we'll get some of them in handcuffs, too... When you consider the number of eyeballs that are going to see the billboard, we couldn't ask for a better audience."
The billboard isn't costing the agency any money, and it isn't just featuring New York criminals (though there will be Wall Street scammers up there), the 40-foot billboard will also include bad guys from around the globe.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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