‘Curb Your Enthusiasm actor Ray Buffer pleads guilty to caught-on-tape comic book heist
nypost.commisdemeanor petty theft for stealing $854 worth of comic books on Oct. 4, 2022, a spokesperson for the San Diego City Attorney’s Office told The Post Thursday.Buffer, 55, must pay back Southern California Comics the value stolen and stay away from the store, the city attorney’s office said.He was sentenced to one day in custody, where he will report to jail to be booked and released, and serve one year of probation.He must also serve 12 hours of community service and take an anti-theft course.Jamie Newbold, the owner of Southern California Comics, told The Post he was happy to see the case behind him.“This man stressed me out, stressed out my employees, we remained stressed out,” Newbold said. “Fearful, looking at customers differently wondering who was gonna hurt us next and now that stress is taken off my shoulders because at least we got a win and we know we can find justice even if we have to do it ourselves.”The business blasted out images in October of an unidentified man on social media to warn comic book stores about the possible thief.
Other businesses then claimed the man was Buffer, Newbold said then.He was charged months after the Oct. 4 incident.Buffer’s Instagram account posted a caption stating “Taking care of business in San Diego” with three professional photos of himself in a collage Thursday evening.
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