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Manhattan’s now-notorious “Squirrel Man” tried to return to his sky-high “nest” after he was left free to roam — just to have it torn down as he was carted off again Wednesday.
Hours after being freed without bail Tuesday for attacking a Post reporter and a photographer, homeless suspect Rewell Altunaga, 44, was spotted once again in his months-long “tree house” in Riverbank State Park.
But he did not last long this time, with police and ambulance workers arriving to move him along, and city workers tearing down his blue tarpaulin-covered digs.
It had been during a similar cleanup Monday that Altunaga was caught on camera attacking a Post reporter with a huge branch, hitting him in the head, and also whacking a photographer.
He was charged with assault and criminal mischief — but freed on supervised release Monday, at the request of prosecutors.
Wednesday’s clean-up appeared less problematic, with Altunaga seen being taken away in an ambulance and workers then tearing down his nest.
The NYPD had no immediate information, beyond the fact that was no record of a fresh arrest.
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