Man is arrested after getting stuck in chimney
A man was arrested on suspicion of burglary Saturday after he got stuck in a chimney, police said.
The suspect was found lodged about half way down the residential chimney after the homeowner heard a noise early in the morning, Sgt. Dario Aldecoa said.
“The homeowner . . . looked up and saw a man stuck in there,” Aldecoa said.
He said the suspect was a 32-year-old man from La Puente. Fire crews were unable to pull him free, so they had to dismantle a “substantial” portion of the chimney, Aldecoa said.
“He was pretty well stuck in there,” Aldecoa said.
The man was jailed after he failed to post $20,000 bond.
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