With service, case closed in teen’s tower climb

Published September 3, 2014 9:23pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — A criminal case against a thrill-seeking teenager who climbed the World Trade Center’s centerpiece tower was closed Wednesday with a community-service sentence he’d already completed.

After a stunt that spotlighted lapses at one of the nation’s most security-conscious locales, 16-year-old Justin Casquejo did his required 23 days of service — and six extra ones — plus two sessions of youth counseling, Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Felicia Menin said.

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