A heart-pounding video shows a teenage influencer climbing hundreds of feet up a cell phone tower in Florida, risking her life for social media likes, police say. It is said that there is
Trent DeGris, 19, was caught climbing a tower in Riverview late Saturday and told WTSP after his arrest, “I wanted to see the sunset.”
Local media estimated he was about 1,600 feet above the police tower. night vision video It was released on Monday. But cell phone towers typically reach only about 400 feet, so police weren’t sure exactly how high he had climbed.
“Did you get to the top top?” a responding deputy can be heard asking the boy in body camera footage also released Monday.
“Yes,” DeGris replies.
“That’s pretty crazy,” the deputy responded.
A sheriff’s spokesperson told the Post that the boy told deputies he was a social media influencer who shared videos of himself climbing tall structures.
A 19-year-old man was charged with trespassing. He was released from the county jail the next day after posting $500 bail.
Sheriff Chad Chronister praised his office’s aviation division and the sheriff’s department, saying, “Their expertise and quick action safely resolved a potentially dangerous situation.”
