Man From New Canaan Arrested After Climbing Brooklyn Bridge To Take Photo

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Two men from Connecticut were arrested Saturday after trying to climb the Brooklyn Bridge in a quest for a "sunrise-over-the-city" photograph, according to the New York Daily News.

James O'Rourke

05/02/2016 5:00 a.m.

Sean Cody, 26, of Southport and Scott Lockett, 24, of New Canaan were taken into custody soon after the 6 a.m. incident on one of the bridge's beams, according to the Daily News.

Police told the Daily News that the men claimed to have been seeking a better angle for a photograph of the sunrise. Both Cody and Lockett were charged with criminal trespass and reckless endangerment, according to the Daily News.

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