A woman who got stuck in the chimney of a house of a man she met online was rescued by firefighters only to be arrested by police.
A fire team who responded to a call of a woman crying from a Ventura County, California, house found themselves having to chisel away at the chimney before lubricating the sides with washing up soap in order to free Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa, who was stuck inside.
But no sooner was the 30-year-old freed than she was arrested by police on suspicion of giving them false information and of illegally entering the home of a man she met online.
‘I’m going to be a little more cautious of who I invite into my house now,’ the man, who called himself Lawrence, told ABC 7 Los Angeles.
He added that the pair had gone on a ‘few’ dates but he had ended their relationship recently.
Ms Nunez-Figueroa’s family have offered to pay for the chimney and the roof, which were both badly damaged in the rescue.
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