South Carolina Criminal Defense Lawyers
According to AJC, police say a suspect trying to emulate Santa Claus was captured after getting stuck in a chimney last Tuesday.
RanaldoMontez Jack, 17, was arrested about 1:30 p.m. after being pulled from the chimney of a home in Gwinnett, Georgia, police said.
Edyn Rodriguez, told Channel 2 Action News that he was standing in his driveway when he heard cries coming from across the street.
“He said, ‘Help me! Help me!” Rodriguez said. “Man, never in my life! … I called 911.”
WSB-TV, the ABC affiliate in Atlanta was there when the home’s owner came home from working overnight. She had no idea someone was stuck in her chimney until the TV crew told her.
“Oh my God. That scares me to death,” Tsehainesh Kidane said. “Why did he figure out (to go) through the chimney?”
The suspect told authorities with the Gwinnett County Fire Department that he had been stuck in the chimney since about 3 a.m. Firefighters pulled him from the chimney, and police then placed him under arrest on the ground.
Jack was charged with burglary and giving false information to a police officer, said Gwinnett police Cpl. Jake Smith. WSB-TV reported that the teen allegedly gave authorities a false name, but an officer who had dealt with him before recognized him.
By: South Carolina Criminal Defense Lawyer Pete Strom
