Two YouTubers are arrested for trespassing at Area 51 with cameras and drones just days before thousands were due to 'storm' the military zone to 'see them aliens'
- Govert Charles Wilhelmus Jacob Sweep, 21, and Ties Granzier, 20, of the Netherlands were arrested for trespassing at the secure government facility
- Both are YouTubers who go by Govert Sweep, who has more than 700,000 followers, and Ties, who has more than 300,000
- The YouTubers were arrested just days before thousands of Facebook users had planned to 'Storm Area 51'
- Organizers cancelled the event this week over fears of a humanitarian disaster
- Sweep complains in a jailhouse interview that he was arrested for being a YouTuber and not just because he was trespassing
- Authorities said they found cameras and a drone inside the car Sweep and Granzier drove three miles into the facility
- Both were released from the Nye County Jail after each posted $500 bail. There is no provision preventing them from leaving the country
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...b9InDJtwF8
(09-13-2019, 12:55 PM)The Drifter Wrote: [ -> ]Two YouTubers are arrested for trespassing at Area 51 with cameras and drones just days before thousands were due to 'storm' the military zone to 'see them aliens'
- Govert Charles Wilhelmus Jacob Sweep, 21, and Ties Granzier, 20, of the Netherlands were arrested for trespassing at the secure government facility
- Both are YouTubers who go by Govert Sweep, who has more than 700,000 followers, and Ties, who has more than 300,000
- The YouTubers were arrested just days before thousands of Facebook users had planned to 'Storm Area 51'
- Organizers cancelled the event this week over fears of a humanitarian disaster
- Sweep complains in a jailhouse interview that he was arrested for being a YouTuber and not just because he was trespassing
- Authorities said they found cameras and a drone inside the car Sweep and Granzier drove three miles into the facility
- Both were released from the Nye County Jail after each posted $500 bail. There is no provision preventing them from leaving the country
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...b9InDJtwF8
They're lucky they didn't get shot or "go missing."
(09-13-2019, 12:57 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: [ -> ] (09-13-2019, 12:55 PM)The Drifter Wrote: [ -> ]Two YouTubers are arrested for trespassing at Area 51 with cameras and drones just days before thousands were due to 'storm' the military zone to 'see them aliens'
- Govert Charles Wilhelmus Jacob Sweep, 21, and Ties Granzier, 20, of the Netherlands were arrested for trespassing at the secure government facility
- Both are YouTubers who go by Govert Sweep, who has more than 700,000 followers, and Ties, who has more than 300,000
- The YouTubers were arrested just days before thousands of Facebook users had planned to 'Storm Area 51'
- Organizers cancelled the event this week over fears of a humanitarian disaster
- Sweep complains in a jailhouse interview that he was arrested for being a YouTuber and not just because he was trespassing
- Authorities said they found cameras and a drone inside the car Sweep and Granzier drove three miles into the facility
- Both were released from the Nye County Jail after each posted $500 bail. There is no provision preventing them from leaving the country
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...b9InDJtwF8
They're lucky they didn't get shot or "go missing."
That was the first thing I thought
Unsurprisingly this has been a bit of a story over here. But until now I genuinely didn't know the dude's middle name was Wilhelmus. That's like calling your child Jack Star Spangled Banner Smith.
(09-13-2019, 12:55 PM)The Drifter Wrote: [ -> ]Two YouTubers are arrested for trespassing at Area 51 with cameras and drones just days before thousands were due to 'storm' the military zone to 'see them aliens'
- Govert Charles Wilhelmus Jacob Sweep, 21, and Ties Granzier, 20, of the Netherlands were arrested for trespassing at the secure government facility
- Both are YouTubers who go by Govert Sweep, who has more than 700,000 followers, and Ties, who has more than 300,000
- The YouTubers were arrested just days before thousands of Facebook users had planned to 'Storm Area 51'
- Organizers cancelled the event this week over fears of a humanitarian disaster
- Sweep complains in a jailhouse interview that he was arrested for being a YouTuber and not just because he was trespassing
- Authorities said they found cameras and a drone inside the car Sweep and Granzier drove three miles into the facility
- Both were released from the Nye County Jail after each posted $500 bail. There is no provision preventing them from leaving the country
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...b9InDJtwF8
Regarding the part in red. Him and his boyfriend were arrested for being stupid.