A man being chased by police in the US state of Massachusetts fled to a roof and tried to descend through a chimney like Santa Claus, but ultimately had to be rescued by law enforcement, the Associated Press reported, quoted by BTA.
Video from a camera attached to the uniform of an officer from the Fall River Police Department shows a detective shouting: “Hey, he's on the roof. Come here!“ Moments later, a passerby alerted detectives that a man was “screaming” into a nearby chimney.
The officers peered inside with a flashlight and saw the stuck man. "You're an idiot," one of the uniformed officers told him.
Firefighters had to come and carefully break out bricks to free the man. "Due to his 'Santa Claus' antics, (the man) was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation," police said.
The fugitive, who was pulled from the chimney, remained in custody until Thursday on drug and other charges. He was assigned a public defender.