MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – A man was arrested after commandeering a tugboat and sailboat down the Hudson River early Thursday, according to the NYPD.
The 22-year-old man jumped into a tugboat at Pier 66 and tried to operate it around 2:30 a.m., but got stuck near Pier 64, according to authorities.
He then got into a sailboat that was attached by a buoy in the Hudson River, police said. While trying to operate the mast of the sailboat, he floated down to Pier 51, according to authorities.
Officers responded to the scene after receiving a 911 call from a business about someone taking a boat, police said.
Officers on land tried to get the man to come to them, but he refused and entered the cabin of the sailboat, according to authorities.
Harbor units responded and arrested the man. Charges are pending, police said.
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