Sunday, November 10, 2013
Would-be burglar arrested after getting stuck in chimney
Police have arrested two men on burglary charges after they found one of
them stuck in the chimney of of a southwest Florida home they were
attempting to rob.
Richard Tyler Brandon, 25, of Naples, faces two counts of burglary.
Derek Alan Grenfell, 26, also of Naples, faces two counts of burglary
accessory after the fact. Grenfell had approached deputies at a 7-Eleven
to tell them his friend was stuck in a chimney.
Police found Brandon in the 18-foot chimney. He was shoeless, with one foot dangling into the fireplace of
the unoccupied home. Firefighters were able to pull him back up the
chimney with a harness attached to a ladder truck. It took about an
hour-and-a-half to get him out.
He didn't suffer any serious injuries, but the chimney did sustain some damage. "He probably didn't know much about chimneys because
the damper prohibits anybody from getting in there," said Batallion
Chief, Pete DiMaria with the City of Naples Fire Department.
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