stupid burglar

He's no Santa: Burglary suspect
stuck 10 hours in chimney
Atlanta-area teen arrested after escape
from house goes awry; 'I'm stupid,' he tells
neighbor
msnbc.com news services
ATLANTA — A person found in the chimney
of an Atlanta-area home was not Santa
Claus arriving early but a 17-year-old alleged
burglar who got stuck as he tried to leave
the house.
The teen spent about 10 hours lodged
inside the chimney on Tuesday before
firefighters climbed on the roof and
lowered ropes to rescue him.
Police were alerted after a neighbor heard
someone calling for help early in the
afternoon, said Cpl. Jake Smith, spokesman
for the Gwinnett County Police Department.
Ranaldo Montez Jack, 17, who was not
injured, was arrested on one count of
burglary and another of providing a false
name to police. The owner of the house
was not at home during the incident,
authorities said.
"We heard someone yelling for help,"
neighbor Laura Chaparro told WGCL-TV.
"We were talking to him, ‘What are you
doing down there?' He just said, 'Ah, I'm
stupid,'" said Chaparro.
Edyn Rodriguez, told WSB-TVthat he was
standing in his driveway when he heard
cries coming from across the street.
“He said, ‘Help me! Help me!” Rodriguez
said. “Man, never in my life! … I called 911.”
Owner returns home
The station reported that the the home’s
owner, Tsehainesh Kidane, came home
from work during the rescue, saying that
she had no idea someone was stuck in her
chimney until a TV crew told her.
WGCL-TV said the accused thief threw
clothes on the ground and allegedly stole
$500 out of her safe.
"I was going to use it to pay my taxes," said
Kidane.
According to the Atlanta Journal
Constitution, Jack told rescuers with the
Gwinnett County Fire Department that he
had been stuck in the chimney since about
3 a.m. Firefighters pulled him from the
stack, and police brought him down a
ladder and placed him under arrest on the
ground.
WSB-TV reported that the teen allegedly
gave police a false name, but that an officer
who had dealt with him before recognized
him

moron texter

Texting mistake lands would-be
drug buyer in jail

CHICAGO — Text messages about buying
drugs mistakenly sent to a Nebraska state
trooper led to the arrest of a 23-year-old
man on marijuana possession and other
drug charges, police said on Tuesday.
The Nebraska State Patrol said that one of
its troopers started getting text messages
last week from a person who was looking
to buy drugs. The trooper continued to
correspond through text messages until a
meeting place was set up.
The trooper, dressed in civilian clothes,
arrived at the agreed upon location and
arrested 23-year-old Aaron Sartin of
Kearney, Nebraska, police said.
He was charged with driving under the
influence of drugs, possession of less than
an ounce of marijuana, and possession of
drug paraphernalia. Additional charges
were pending.