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Daredevil teen turns himself in
He’s grounded! The daredevil New Jersey teen once busted for scaling 1 World Trade Center turned himself in to police Friday for pulling new aerial stunts on Manhattan skyscrapers.
Justin Casquejo, 18 — who was sentenced to 30 days of community service for the 2014 WTC security breach — surrendered at Tribeca’s First Precinct station house just after noon.
The teen, a resident of Weehawken, was later walked from the precinct by detectives (inset) and taken to his Manhattan Criminal Court arraignment.
There he was charged with misdemeanor BASE jumping and trespassing for his Feb. 21 midnight climb to the top of 70 Pine St., an iconic, 67-story luxury apartment building in the Financial District.
Video taken that night by Casquejo and his pals, but not posted until last month, shows them dangling from parapets and from a spire at the roof of the building, lead prosecutor Robin Campbell-Urban said Friday night in successfully asking that bail be set at $15,000.
Celebrity bail bondsman Ira Judelson quickly sprang the lanky climber, who must return to court Wednesday.
Casquejo still faces additional charges for scaling other city buildings, prosecutors said.
Seven pals who joined in on the stunt — five of whom have been identified — could also face charges, sources said.
Casquejo said nothing as he walked into the precinct and out of court again at day’s end.
But his lawyer, Jeremy Saland, said he’ll fight to get the first charge, BASE jumping, tossed entirely, as the teen never jumped.
The teen is a “talented, caring, loving, sincere person” who wasn’t looking for a quick thrill, Saland told reporters, adding: “There is a much deeper issue for him.”
Saland said that while the images of Casquejo hanging off buildings look “scary,” that was not the “reality of the situation.”
“I know he was not being reckless in any way,” the lawyer added.
The Post revealed Monday that the teen was again posting photos of his high-flying antics.
Casquejo took a no-jail plea in July for the March 2014 WTC stunt, in which he sneaked past security to ascend the tower.