A 20-year-old was arrested after breaking into Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams, and stealing a Christmas decoration within the early morning hours of New 12 months’s Day, authorities mentioned.
Shortly earlier than 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, the suspect jumped a fence to the property, a stately residence inside a park on Manhattan’s Higher East Aspect, police mentioned. He then made his strategy to the second ground, the place he was discovered inside a toilet minutes after getting into the residence.
Throughout an interview at an area police precinct, the suspect confirmed detectives a video of him eradicating a Christmas decoration from a drawer in the home, based on a felony criticism. The person turned over the decoration and several other different objects, which weren’t specified within the criticism.
The suspect, who lives a number of blocks from the Higher East Aspect residence, is because of be arraigned in a Manhattan court docket on Thursday.
A spokesperson for Adams mentioned the mayor was not dwelling on the time of the pre-dawn incident.
