NEW YORK (AP) -- An intoxicated commodities broker was arrested after he allegedly tried to set fire to a freight elevator after trapping himself in it.
Police say an inebriated Ryan Brinkerhoff, of Jersey City, went to his office at 7 World Trade Center early Saturday morning and got trapped in a freight elevator.
Police say Brinkerhoff tried set a fire in the elevator with cleaning fluids in an effort to attract attention.
Police say the smoke activate a fire alarm, which sent the elevator to the ground floor where Port Authority Police were waiting.
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