Crime & Safety
NYPD: Teens Scaled Tribeca Crane
Police say three teenagers climbed a crane in Tribeca on Sunday.
TRIBECA, NY — Three teenagers scaled a 15-story crane in Tribeca on Sunday to take photos before police met them after they climbed back down, authorities said.
The kids climbed a crane on West Street near Desbrosses Street after 6 p.m. on Sunday.
"They was all the way up. They came back down," a witness told the New York Daily News. "Cops had the whole building surrounded. They had helicopters up."
Find out what's happening in Tribeca-FiDifor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The witness told the Daily News that the kids climbed to the operator's booth.
Police sources also told the Daily News that officers initially believed they were responding to an emotionally disturbed person before they arrived and saw the kids with cameras.
Find out what's happening in Tribeca-FiDifor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Police charged the oldest, a 16-year-old from Edison, NJ, with criminal trespassing. His companions, a 14-year-old and 15-year-old, were charged with criminal trespass as juveniles and released into their parents' custody, a police spokesman told Patch.
Lead image via Shutterstock.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.