22-year-old anti-abortion activist from Nevada arrested after scaling San Francisco's tallest building, police say.
Las Vegas resident Maison Des Champs was arrested and booked on suspicion of trespassing and resisting arrest, police said, after getting to theIt's the tallest building in San Francisco and 12th highest in the United States, according to its owners.“The climber’s motive is still under investigation,” SFPD spokesman Officer Robert Rueca said in a statement.
While police won't say what prompted the suspect to make Tuesday's death-defying climb, his mother Robin Des Champs said her son is an anti-abortion activist. Maison Des Champs didn't tell his mother about plans to climb Salesforce Tower, but she learned about it later in the day. “He’s always been a daredevil," Robin Des Champs told NBC News. "I’m super glad that he’s safe and that’s all I can pray for.”
It wasn't immediately clear on Tuesday afternoon if Maison Des Champs has hired or been assigned a defense lawyer.
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