Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
7
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Two nitwit nightcrawlers — including a particularly portly “mole person” — were busted Thursday for diving into a Manhattan manhole in a subterranean quest for precious metals, police and law-enforcement sources said.
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sources → include → metals
Cops nabbed Kevin Rodriguez, 26, and Samuel Reveron, 25 – both Venezuelan citizens – near their Queens homes in connection to a surreal pre-dawn Wednesday sewer escapade just steps from the Loews Regency New York on the Upper East Side.
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Cops → nab → Side
The strange shenanigans could end up shedding light on the motivations of mysterious “mole people” spotted popping out of sewers — as Reveron admitted to fishing for gold in the city’s steamy depths, prosecutors said.
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prosecutors → end → depths
“We go into the sewers to look for valuables that go into the sewer drains,” he allegedly told a police officer, according to prosecutors.
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he → go → prosecutors
Reveron and his accused compatriot — the jumbo-sized sewer spelunker Rodriguez — were arraigned Friday on trespass and conspiracy charges in Manhattan court.
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Reveron → accuse → court
Both were granted supervised release.
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Both → grant → release
A federal law-enforcement source briefed on the matter said that neither suspect appeared to have had malicious intent or posed any threat to the dignitaries staying at the hotel, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was in town for the UN General Assembly.
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who → brief → Assembly
Both are part of a larger pattern across the city where spelunkers search for precious metals below ground, the source said.
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source → search → ground
“We have seen a number of incidents over the past few months of individuals going into the sewer system to look for valuables and other scrap metal after a storm,” the NYPD said in a statement.
“
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NYPD → see → statement
This incident fits that same criteria, but out of an abundance of caution given the UN General Assembly and the sensitivity of the location, the NYPD is conducting additional security sweeps with our federal partners.”
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NYPD → fit → partners
Rodriguez, Reveron and a third suspect were spotted around 4:35 a.m. climbing out of the underground pit on Park Avenue near East 61st Street, authorities said.
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authorities → spot → Street
They fled in two vehicles that headed north on Park Avenue, police said.
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police → flee → Avenue
When Reveron was picked up, he was driving without a license and charged separately for that offense, police said.
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police → pick → offense
He has one previous arrest for criminal mischief in Queens, authorities and sources said.
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authorities → have → Queens
Rodriguez has no prior arrests, police said.
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police → have → arrests
Both men are expected to return to court for the sewer case on Nov. 25.
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men → expect → Nov.
The bizarre incident is latest one of many involving mysterious manhole divers in recent months.
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incident → involve → months
This year alone, the elusive “mole people” were spotted popping out of manholes in Middle Village, Queens, Williamsburg and Gravesend in Brooklyn – and even near Manhattan’s bustling Penn Station and Madison Square Garden.
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people → spot → Station
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