Three men who skydived off the One World Trade Center building in 2013 have been convicted of reckless endangerment and two other misdemeanor charges, but were acquitted of the more serious burglary charge at a trial on Monday, reported The Associated Press.
A State Supreme Court jury reached the verdicts in a trial against James Brady, Marko Markovich and Andrew Rossig after deliberations that lasted four days, according to Reuters.
The three men base-jumped off the country's tallest building, which was still under construction at the time in the early hours of Sept. 30, 2013. They were taken into custody six months after their daredevilry.
Brady, Markovich and Rossig were acquitted of the most serious felony charge of burglary, rejecting the prosecuting attorney's argument that the trio had entered the high-rise building with the intention to commit a crime, according to the New York Times.
"We always felt that the felony did not apply, and the jury agreed," said Markovich's lawyer, Joseph Corozzo.
However, they were found guilty of three misdemeanor charges including reckless endangerment in the second degree, reckless endangerment of property and unauthorized climbing, jumping and suspending oneself from a structure. The sentencing has been scheduled in August and the trio could face a maximum prison sentence of one year.
