Man climbs gate on Broadway overpass to take photos, Piermont NY
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Troopers responded to a report of a man climbing a gate on the Broadway overpass near mid-span. The man said he climbed the gate to take photos and did not go beyond it. Security confirmed no trespassing beyond the gate and declined to press charges.
Audio|Heard on: New York State Thruway Authority - New York Division
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01:55
Transcript:
00:00
Please step up with that suspect on the Rockland side.
00:05
We're secure, pat-down weapons is negative.
00:08
Can you confirm with her security? They're telling you they saw this person scale over the gate.
00:14
This person is telling us he climbed the gate to take a picture but did not physically go over the gate.
00:20
Just want to make sure it's one of the same.
00:23
That I will confirm with the security.
00:30
Please, Steve.
00:31
If it turns out, he just scaled the gate to take a photo on the client to counsel him, tell him not to receive the behavior, and then cut up loose.
00:39
Unless for security, he tells us they want to press criminal charges for him to scale him the climb on the gate.
00:47
That's your, Steve.
00:50
Headquarters of 7.
00:53
SP Hawthorne gave us a call,
00:56
stating someone had seen somebody climbing the fence mid-span.
01:02
After we got that call, we initiated troopers en route.
01:06
Security followed up and said a male had hopped on the fence at 15.4, said he was looking for a way to access the rescue to take pictures.
01:18
but we have all the information from both parts.
01:25
7-8 receipt.
01:27
This person denies being mid-span, denies ever being passed the gate, and the story seems to apparently check out.
01:33
Well, I'll inquire further.
01:35
But at this point,
01:37
all I have is him admitting that he scaled the gate, did not go beyond the gate.
01:42
I'm still inclined to just counsel and then kind of police.
01:46
I'll look for security advice if they want to press charge and push down the gate.
01:51
That's a negative.
01:53
There won't be any charges present by Conce.
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Location mentioned:
Broadway, Piermont, NY
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