Crime & Safety
City Man Trapped in Ventilation Duct Arrested
After he was denied entry at the door to hookah lounge, Graci tried to find another way in.
A city man who was denied entry through the door of a Third Street hookah lounge early Saturday morning climbed to the roof, tore off a grate and tried to enter through a ventilation duct, but got himself trapped, Bethlehem police said.
Employees of the Sultana Hookah Lounge, 3 E. Third St., heard Justin Graci, 28, of 455 Montclair Ave., thrashing about inside the duct at a little after 3 a.m. and called 911, police said.
After he was rescued from inside the duct, Graci was arrested on a felony charge of criminal trespass, police said. He was also charged with criminal mischief and public drunkenness as a result of the incident.
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