Two arrested after people seen mysteriously emerging from various New York City sewers
The city has seen a string of incidents in which people have climbed out of manholes late at night.
Two individuals, Kevin Rodriguez and Samuel Reveron, both 25, have been arrested in New York City for allegedly emerging from manholes and searching for valuables in the sewer system. Police suspect they were attempting to retrieve gold and other items of value that had been washed into the storm drains.
The arrests occurred on Friday after reports emerged on Thursday that three people had come out of a manhole on Manhattan’s Upper East Side near Park Avenue and East 61st Street during the United Nations general assembly. Police responded to a 911 call about a possible crime and captured the scene on a surveillance camera. The incident is believed to be similar to others where individuals have been seen emerging from sewers in search of valuables following storms.
Reveron allegedly told police that they go into the sewer to look for valuables and that the arrests came after reports of three people emerging from a manhole near Madison Square Garden in late August. Both Rodriguez and Reveron were released without the need for a bond, as their charges did not meet the bail amount requirement. Reveron was placed under supervised release.
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