WPBN: The rescue was seen on police body cameras after a guy from Massachusetts became trapped in a chimney Tuesday night while evading police as they attempted to carry out a search warrant.
Fall River, some 66 miles south of Boston, is where the ordeal took place.
According to a news release from the Fall City Police Department, 33-year-old Robert Langlais and another suspect rushed away on the roof when the department’s Community Action & Suppression Team was carrying out a search warrant.
A Santa-style escape path was tried
Langlais “evoked the essence of the seasonal icon and attempted to hide inside of a chimney,” according to police, while another suspect leaped from the roof to a parked car.
Video footage revealed that a bystander had pointed out that Langlais had learned from Old Saint Nick. The video started with an officer shouting to his colleagues officers that at least one of the suspects was on the roof after peeping into a house.
“I was walking my dog a little while ago,” the man stated to the police. “I heard some screaming. I looked up and … he went down the chimney.”
After telling other officers what had happened, the officer went to investigate the chimney situation. After entering the house through a window and climbing to the top of the roof, the officers located their man by looking into the chimney.
As they shone a flashlight on the stranded individual, one cop remarked, “You’re an idiot.” “Explain your hands to us.”
Langlais was seen on bodycam footage trapped inside the chimney, his left forearm hovering just above his head. While waiting for Fall River Emergency Medical Services and the Fall River Fire Department to arrive, the police made sure he was breathing.
“I can fit,” the suspect says, giving the cops instructions on how to save him
Langlais provided information to firemen to help ease the rescue effort as they chipped away at the blocks surrounding him.
“I can fit,” he stated. “I’m 109 pounds.”
He yelled and claimed that his leg was slightly bent as they hauled him to safety.
According to police, Langlais was detained for possession of Class A and Class B drugs as well as several offenses from outstanding warrants. “Due to his Santa-antics, he was taken to a local hospital out of precaution and was medically cleared,” they stated.
According to authorities, the other defendant, Tanisha Ibay, 32, was charged with both Class A and Class B narcotics possession.
The police’s version of events appeared to be entertaining to social media users.
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