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Mystery solved? Two arrested in connection with NYC’s sewer emergence
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- Two men, Samuel Reveron and Kevin Rodriguez, were arrested and charged with trespassing after being seen emerging from a manhole near East 61st Street and Park Avenue in New York City.
- The men admitted to entering the sewer together to search for valuables washed away in storm drains, though they have not been charged in other similar sewer break-ins.
- The incident raised security concerns due to its proximity to a hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to stay during the United Nations General Assembly.
- Reveron's attorney denied any malicious intent or connection to the UN events, describing the case as minor and advising against entering sewers due to safety risks.
