Man Tosses Furniture From NYC High-Rise [VIDEO]

June 19, 2024 New York City, News

The New York Daily News reports:

A Florida man tossed numerous pieces of furniture and other debris off the roof of a 20-story Midtown Manhattan building, police said. Video circulating on social media first shows a chair being hurled off the building on Fifth Ave. near E. 46th St. on Friday before it crashes into scaffolding and splinters.

Pieces of wood float through the air as a man peaks over the edge, then throws another piece of debris that shatters on the pavement below, the video shows. Jean Oliver, 33, “unlawfully” made his way to the outdoor terrace just after 2:25 p.m. Friday, police said.

Police responded to the commercial building and arrested the man. He was charged with burglary, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and criminal trespass.

The New York Post reports:



Olivier – whose last known address is in the city of West Park – is seen in a brief clip tossing the chairs from a landing one level down from the roof of 555 Fifth Ave., an office building near East 46th Street that houses a Barnes & Noble on the Ground Floor.

Olivier had apparently visited the Consulate General of Haiti inside the building, complainng about housing, then flipped out and threw a chair, law enforcement sources said. He has no prior arrests, police said.

The building was originally designed in 1955 by Emery Roth & Sons and redesigned in 1993 by world-renowned architect Der Scutt, who also designed Trump Tower.

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