Man's fat rump prevents theft

This can't top Jason's post on the Mary Kay G-ride, but I thought it was pretty darn amusing.

Our friends at L.A. Noir shared this tale of a man, a home, a too-large posterior and a too-small chimney. It seems that this would-be Santa Claus attempted to turn a fireplace out in West Covina into a door. Unfortunately for him, as he crept down toward the living room, he became firmly ensconced.

Residents heard him thrashing around, called the cops and had him removed, first from the chimney, then from greater society.

Mr. Blackmoore, who has a tremendous knack for digging up these weirdo crimes, offers this:
Unfortunately for the homeowners they couldn't pull him back out again and had to dismantle the chimney.

Me, I'd have gotten onto the roof and dropped [we censored this for our more delicate It's a Crime readers, but Blackmoore employs a colorful metaphor for 'stuff'] on him 'til the extra weight popped him out the bottom. Bowling balls are good for that sort of thing. Hey, they're gonna take apart my chimney, might as well have some fun.

The gentleman was arrested on suspicion of burglary, and, perhaps a little time in jail, doing push-ups and sit-ups with his cellies, will do him good. Unfortunately, the story didn't provide details on whether eight tiny reindeer were found on the rooftop going click-click-click.

Elsewhere, CBS2.com posted the original link to the AP story.