Burglar Died After Getting Stuck In Chimney

[hawkeyes]

That only applies to poor people not wealthy individuals, poor I mean as the common lower and middle class.

good point...

[Helder]

As the saying goes, "Crime doesn't pay"

That only applies to poor people not wealthy individuals, poor I mean as the common lower and middle class.

[47iscool]

No pic of suspect?

[hawkeyes]

As the saying goes, "Crime doesn't pay"

[xirtamehtsitahw]

A similar stuck-in-chimney case, involving a man pretending to be Santa to surprise his children on Christmas morning, was mentioned in the 1984 movie, "Gremlins". The case, of course, as with the movie itself, was entirely fictitious.

[nensondubois]

Either that or he was on some heavy drugs when he decided to go down the chimney. That's not entirely implausible. I think anyone with more than a lick of judgment wouldn't go a chimney if they lost a bet or were on their dying breath to survive for basic necessities. Could be that maybe the guy hated his life for various reasons, too. I'm not throwing that off the table either.

The entire justice system needs to be rewritten and people who have common sense be placed as judges who also have compassion towards the circumstance. Unfortunately at the rare of prisons for profit being built constantly there's no chance of that ever happening unless people become more aware of the current situation.

[bungholio]

I used to laugh at these things but now I question the reason for it.

Was this guy some mouthy worthless sack of shit in every way possible detriment to all of humanity low life violent junkie murderer whatever?

Or was this some unlucky human being that tried their best but just can't survive in life constantly hit by "Fun with Dick and Jane" like jobs getting undeservedly booted from jobs who was a genuinely decent human being trying and just screwed by life and he happens to eye some rich douche bag who has so much stuff they have not and never will use that they don't know what to do with it?

Like the criminal justice system, not all of them are terrible people. There was a dude who went to a bank and demanded $1 to technically rob it so he could go to prison and get a health check. Tons of absurd things. I can't really bring myself to immediately condemn every last one of these people yet without more to go on. There's always the potential for this to happen to any of us depending on how life goes.

[nensondubois]

At least we know it wasn't Santa because all those delicious cookies he ate from the previous houses... screw it this joke is bad.

At least if he steals your TV at night you'll see more than just his teeth.

[dlevere]

By Phil Helsel


The chimney where the man was found in Huron, California, Saturday. Connie Tran

A suspected burglar who became stuck in a chimney in Central California died Saturday afternoon after the unsuspecting homeowner lit a fire, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said.

The incident occurred at around 3 P.M. and firefighters who responded to the Huron home found a man stuck in the chimney but apparently still breathing, the sheriff's office said.

But the man, who was not immediately identified, was dead when firefighters broke into the chimney, the sheriff's office said.

The sheriff's office said when the homeowner lit the fire, he heard a man yell from inside the chimney and the house began filling with smoke. The homeowner put out the fire and firefighters were called.

The sheriff's office said its investigation indicates that the man tried to enter the home through the chimney overnight and got stuck, and the homeowner, who was away and returned Saturday, didn't know anyone was inside until lighting the fire.

"I've been a deputy for almost 17 years now, and I've never seen anything like this," Fresno County sheriff's Deputy Jake Jensen told NBC affiliate KSEE.

The Fresno County coroner will determine the man's cause of death.