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New York cops nab Fil-Am for scaling Manhattan building


New York cops have arrested a 20-year-old Filipino-American man for scaling a building in Manhattan.

In a report on "Balitanghali" Sunday, the Fil-Am was identified as Justin Casquejo, who scaled the peak of a construction crane of a condominium building in West Side Manhattan.

Before the said incident, Casquejo had been arrested for climbing another building in New York City.

In 2017, he was also arrested for scaling the Paramount Tower in East 39th Street.

Casquejo has been charged with reckless endangerment and criminal trespass.

Police have warned him that he can be imprisoned if he will, again, will climb a building.

In 2014, Casquejo went viral after climbing the World Trade Center. —Joviland Rita/LBG, GMA News

 

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