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New York heights-scaling Instagram teenager arrested by NYPD for 'trespassing' and 'reckless endangerment'

on Sep 30, 2014 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

An adrenaline-junkie teenager famous on Instagram for scaling the dizzying heights of New York buildings has been arrested by the NYPD after officers used the pictures as evidence of trespassing.

The unnamed teen, who has just under 8,000 Instagram followers on his account called ‘demidism’ has been reigned in by police for his climbs, being charged with trespassing and reckless endangerment.

The self-professed “urban historian” grabbed the attention of social media users after he climbed the 1,398 feet 432 Park Avenue structure, New York’s second-tallest building – however his snaps also brought the NYPD to his doorstep.

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Source: The Drum