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New York Post
· collected 2026-09-25 · by Joe Marino, Kyle Schnitzer, Amanda Woods
Police arrested two men, Kevin Rodriguez, 26, and Samuel Reveron, 25, for diving into a manhole near the Loews Regency Hotel on the Upper East Side of Manhattan to search for gold and other valuables. The incident occurred around 4:35 a.m. on Wednesday and is part of a pattern where individuals enter sewers to look for precious metals. Both men were arraigned on trespassing and conspiracy charges and are expected back in court on November 25.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-25,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Around 4:35 AM on Wednesday, three unidentified men emerged from a manhole near Park Avenue and East 61st Street in New York City’s Upper East Side, just steps away from where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to stay during the United Nations General Assembly at the Loews Regency hotel. The trio fled in two separate vehicles after being spotted by authorities. Two men, Kevin Rodriguez and Samuel Reveron, both 25 years old and Venezuelan citizens, were arrested later that week for trespassing and conspiracy related to this incident. They allegedly admitted to entering the sewer system in search of valuables washed into storm drains. Authorities noted the timing near high-profile events required additional security measures but found no direct threat posed by the suspects to dignitaries or hotel guests.
Written for “Mole People Arrested NYC” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 6 other(s) covering the same event.
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.
uncertain
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.
uncertain
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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