A man who scaled the Gulf Tower in Downtown Pittsburgh has now been criminally charged.
Channel 11 spoke exclusively with Austin Seik after police took him into custody and then released him Friday at the Gulf Tower. The day before, he’d climbed to the tower’s peak and posted videos of it on social media.
But on Saturday, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police announced that Downtown Public Safety Center officers had obtained arrest warrants for Seik and a woman, alleging they “gained illegal access” to the tower…