Man who spent night on 90-foot crane in San Jose climbs down

San Jose police say a homeless man who climbed to the top of a 90-foot industrial crane near City Hall and stayed there for 14 hours has come down.|
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SAN JOSE — San Jose police say a homeless man who climbed to the top of a 90-foot industrial crane near City Hall and stayed there for 14 hours has come down.

The man, whose identity wasn't released, was arrested Monday. KNTV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1LfALSp ) that the man climbed into the crane Sunday night and shouted messages about his plight with homelessness. He came down without injury Monday morning.

The San Jose Fire Department sent medical personnel to the scene in case the man fell or jumped. Lt. Eduardo Pedreira says officers didn't go up the crane to bring him down because of the danger of such a climb.

The man forced about 100 construction workers to stop work on a private apartment complex.

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