Up to 5 Years in Jail for Climbing Brooklyn Bridge, Senator Says

NEW YORK—It was a long way home for the two American flags replaced on July 22 atop the Brooklyn Bridge towers after German artists Mischa Leinkauf and Matthias Wermke took responsibility for the stunt.
Up to 5 Years in Jail for Climbing Brooklyn Bridge, Senator Says
Senator Charles Schumer and NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counter-terrorism John Miller at a press conference on strengthening trespassing laws, in Manhattan, New York, on Oct. 13, 2014. (Petr Svab/Epoch Times)
Petr Svab
10/13/2014
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10/8/2018