Dyker Heights sewer divers arrested after hours underground
Frightened neighbors saw the two men enter the manhole around 10:40 p.m. and called officers, who arrived and waited until the men emerged at around 2:30 a.m. to arrest them.
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Police say two men have been charged with trespassing and one with possession of burglary tools after breaking into a manhole in Dyker Heights Wednesday evening, the second break-in on that street in as many months.
Frightened neighbors saw the two men enter the manhole around 10:40 p.m. and called officers, who arrived and waited until the men emerged at around 2:30 a.m. to arrest them.
Wilmur Rodriguez Carrasquel, 42, faces criminal trespassing charges, while the man seen next to him, 26-year-old Robinson Daviel, faces trespassing charges and possession of burglary tools.
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Police could not confirm if either of the men arrested was the same one who was seen breaking into the same cover back in December.
Neighbors say they do feel safer, but want to know what the two could have been doing in the tunnels for hours on end.
"It's just so brazen, so brazen to think you can do this twice, in the same neighborhood, and clearly there were no consequences because he's back and even wearing the same thing," said Sandra, who lives right next to where the men broke in.
News 12 reached out to DEP, which said that after the previous break-in, its crews would be doing inspections to see if equipment had been damaged. It also referred News 12 to the police.
