A man was arrested on drug charges after needing to be rescued from a chimney where he hid from officers, police said
Police in Fall River, Massachusetts, say a man was arrested Tuesday night after fleeing from officers and getting stuck in a chimney.
Officers were executing a search warrant at a Canal Street residence when police say two men fled onto the rooftop.
One of the men got away by jumping from the roof onto a parked car, police said. Footage from one officer's body-worn camera shows the man leaping over the officer to the other side of a fence.
The other man, identified as 33-year-old Robert Langlais, hid inside a chimney, police said.
The bodycam footage shows the moments officers approached the chimney, yelling at the man to show his hands before realizing he was stuck.
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Police, fire and EMS crews worked to free him from the narrow space. He was brought to a hospital to be evaluated and was medically cleared.
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Langlais is facing drug possession charges and other unnamed charges from outstanding warrants, police said.
A woman police say was also present, 32-year-old Tanisha Ibay, was also arrested on drug charges.
It was not immediately clear if Langlais or Ibay had attorneys.
