Thief Stuck in Chimney Needs Rescuing

A man who was trying to rob a Washington bank needed to be rescued after his plan failed when he got stuck in the Bank's Chimney!

But he didn't try to hide his intent when police found him stuck in the bank's chimney. "We asked him what he was doing down there and he said, 'What do you think? I'm trying to rob the bank," said Police Chief Robert Perales.

Firefighters threw down a rope and pulled out a soot-covered 26-year-old man, who was arrested on the spot. Following which he was booked into the local jail in nearby Wapato.

Police in this small Yakima Valley town in the US had been summoned to the bank because of a suspected break-in attempt. They discovered the stuck suspect after finding the top had been removed from the ventilation shaft.

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