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From: letsgobrandon@msn.com

Police in Maryland say that a man who was trying to rob a home
Saturday morning got stuck in a chimney and had to be taken to the
hospital.

Officers responded to a call about an attempted robbery at a home in
Silver Springs, Maryland, just after 5:30 a.m., according to news
station WTOP.

Shiera Goff, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County Police
Department, told WTOP that the man was trying to rob the home when
he got trapped, though the station noted that it's unclear how the
man got stuck in the chimney.

Fire crews rescued the man on Saturday morning.

Pete Piringer, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire &
Rescue Service, tweeted Saturday that firefighters were called just
before 6 a.m. to assist police "in removing a man stuck in chimney"
and noted that the man "was not authorized to be there."

"Rescue crews methodically removed the wall & bricks from around the
chimney. He was extracted ~730a & transported to trauma center,"
Piringer tweeted.

Photos from inside the home posted on Twitter show firefighters
working, a large hole in the wall above the fireplace, and rubble
piling up next to it.

A video posted by Piringer shows firefighters removing bricks from
the inside of the chimney.

The news station reported the man was taken to the hospital with
minor injuries.

It's unclear if the man has been charged with a crime, and he has
not been identified.

Newsweek reached out to the Montgomery County Police Department for
details about the incident, but did not receive a response before
publication on Saturday evening.

Similar incidents have occurred throughout the U.S.

Firefighters Save Man Stuck in Chimney
Police in Maryland say that a man who was trying to burglarize a
home Saturday morning got stuck in a chimney and had to be taken to
the hospital. Above, a firefighter in France on January 2018.

In Claremont, California, in 2018, a man accused of trying to steal
items from a home got stuck in a chimney and was arrested on
burglary charges. USA Today reported that the man was heard
screaming coming from the bottom of the chimney, where he was
allegedly trying to enter the home to steal items.

In 2013, police said that a man in Naples, Florida, got trapped in a
chimney and had to be rescued by firefighters while trying to break
into a home. According to NBC Miami, firefighters discovered the man
stuck with one foot in the fireplace of the home. The man faced
burglary charges after the incident and caused damaged to the
chimney.

The homeowner described the incident as a "reverse kind of Santa,"
the news station reported.

https://www.newsweek.com/man-rescued-after-getting-stuck-chimney- home-he-was-trying-burglarize-police-1667234

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