Brooklyn, NY – Israeli Tourists Arrested After Climbing Brooklyn Bridge

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     Brooklyn Bridge (EPA)Brooklyn, NY – An Israeli tourist was arrested for climbing the Brooklyn Bridge to take pictures with his smartphone.

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    The NY Post says (https://goo.gl/EB0l0y) 18-year-old, Yaroslav Kolchin was picked up at about 7 p.m. Thursday after jumping over a fence on the Brooklyn side of the bridge.

    “He jumped up to get a selfie with the skyline behind him,” the Post quoted a witness as saying.

    The man was charged with criminal trespass.

    Officials previously beefed up security around the bridge after a series of incidents involving climbers taking selfies or replacing the flags atop the bridge.


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    abuezri
    abuezri
    7 years ago

    Did he get the selfie?

    Bsyata-dshmaya
    Bsyata-dshmaya
    7 years ago

    All they did was arrest him?

    7 years ago

    What did you want the NYPD to do, beat the heck out of him?