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WILD VIDEO: NYPD Says Five Teens Were Arrested After Subway Surfing Drone Footage
Police said the teens were tracked by drone footage and arrested after running into nearby streets, and one was found with six stolen MTA cards.
- On July 20, the New York Police Department used a drone to track five teens subway surfing on a southbound B train in Brooklyn, leading to their arrest.
- Drones are increasingly being deployed by police in New York City to monitor and catch individuals engaged in the illegal and dangerous activity of riding atop moving subway cars.
- Officers tracked the suspects from Newkirk Plaza to Kings Highway, with two teens aged 12 and 14; one suspect was arrested carrying six stolen MTA cards.
- Two days after the Brooklyn incident, a 16-year-old surfer was critically injured in Queens while attempting the same dangerous stunt, underscoring activity risks.
- The NYPD continues warning the public about riding atop trains, urging citizens, "If you see someone subway surfing, call 911. Stay alive.
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Subway surfers filmed running along top of cars are tracked down by NYPD drones
A group of teenage subway surfers who ran along the top of cars were tracked down with NYPD drones. Footage released by the force shows five teenagers running along the carriages of a moving B Train in Brooklyn on 20 July. A later clip shows several of them running along the tracks and into a residential area, before a pair of officers apprehended them and took them into custody. The force said that two of the teenagers were only 12 and 14 years…
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NYPD drone captures teen subway surfers on video
New York police used drones to help track down and arrest five teens who were accused of subway surfing. (Source: NYPD)
·Nashville, United States
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