Man seeking to escape police gets stuck in chimney

A man attempting to evade arrest got stuck inside a chimney (City of Fall River Police Department via AP)

A Massachusetts man trying to escape from police shimmied down a chimney – but got stuck.

The man fled onto a rooftop, channelling what the Fall River Police Department described as “the essence of the seasonal icon”, but he ended up needing to be rescued by the detectives who were pursuing him after getting wedged inside a chimney.