Man gets stuck in chimney while trying to get his dog out of a locked building

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Firefighters rescued a antheral who got stuck successful the chimney of a Connecticut parks gathering portion trying to retrieve his dog

BRISTOL, Conn. -- Firefighters had to rescue a antheral who got stuck successful the chimney of a Connecticut parks gathering portion trying to retrieve his canine from a bath erstwhile the doors automatically locked for the night.

Police were called Sunday greeting to Rockwell Park successful Bristol for a burglary ailment and were told by parks employees that idiosyncratic was successful the chimney. Firefighters responded to the country and got the antheral retired aft having to region parts of the chimney and building, causing $5,000 to $10,000 worthy of damage, constabulary said.

The Bristol man, who was not injured, was arrested and charged with burglary, trespassing and transgression mischief. He was released connected enslaved and ordered to look successful tribunal connected July 7.

A connection seeking remark was sent to an email code listed successful nationalist records for the man. Phone numbers listed for him were not successful service. Online tribunal records did not database a lawyer for him.

The antheral got stuck adjacent the flue of the chimney of Mrs. Rockwell's Pavilion, a gathering named aft a beneficiary of the park. Locks connected the doors to the bathrooms are connected caller timers and automatically fastener astatine 10 p.m. each night, said Erica Benoit, assemblage engagement coordinator for Bristol Parks, Recreation, Youth and Community Services.

It's not wide however the canine got stuck successful the bath oregon however agelong the antheral was successful the chimney. The doors tin beryllium opened from the wrong aft they are locked for the night. The canine was unharmed, constabulary said.

“It is simply a spot of a brainsick scenario,” Benoit said. “Our parks unit is moving with the constabulary section and the occurrence section to marque definite that doesn’t hap again. If helium had conscionable contacted constabulary successful the archetypal place, we mightiness person been capable to debar the situation.”