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Teens Acting Out Ninja Turtles Get Lost in NY Sewer

Two of three will be charged with trespassing in Queens' nether regions

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 16, 2008 2:18 PM CDT

(Newser) – Ninja Turtles they ain’t: Three teenagers pretending to be the mutated heroes in a Queens sewer got lost and had to be rescued by firefighters yesterday, the New York Daily News reports. “These three idiots were playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and wanted to go into the sewers,” said a police source. The two boys above 16 are being charged with criminal trespassing.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, circa 1987.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, circa 1987.   (Wikimedia Commons)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles provide entertainment, and perhaps unfortunate inspiration, at a New York fair in 2005.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles provide entertainment, and perhaps unfortunate inspiration, at a New York fair in 2005.   (Getty Images)
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