Not-naked man comes down from North Hollywood electrical tower
He’s not naked, and he’s back on the ground.
Turns out a man who climbed an electrical tower in North Hollywood on Friday was not nude, as initially reported by the Los Angeles Police Department, just shirtless. And after several hours, he agreed to come down.
Los Angeles police Det. Gus Villanueva said two LAPD SWAT officers were lifted by a crane to where the man was on the tower.
After they offered him a blanket, he agreed to come down.
Though not hurt, the man is in police custody over what, for now, is being called misdemeanor trespassing, Villanueva said.
Last year, another man climbed a downtown radio tower. In that case, he really was naked and didn’t come down until officers agreed to get him hamburgers from McDonald’s.
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