Crime & Safety
Southport Man Charged with Climbing Brooklyn Bridge for 'Sunrise Selfie'
Two Fairfield County men were arrested over the weekend after police say they climbed a beam on the bridge for a better angle of the sunrise
Two Connecticut men face charges after police say they climbed onto a beam of the Brooklyn Bridge early Saturday morning in the hopes of getting a better angle for a picture of the sunrise over the city, according to the New York Daily News.
The Daily News reports Sean Cody, 26, of Southport, and Scott Lockett, 24, of New Canaan, were quickly ordered to get down by police and were taken into custody.
Police were called after the men were seen mounting a beam that stretches over the roadway from the bridge’s pedestrian walk around 6 a.m., according to the Daily News.
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