BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Firefighters needed to rescue a person who received caught within the chimney of a Connecticut parks constructing whereas attempting to retrieve his canine from a rest room when the doorways routinely locked for the night time.
Police have been referred to as Sunday morning to Rockwell Park in Bristol for a housebreaking criticism and have been instructed by parks workers that somebody was within the chimney. Firefighters responded to the scene and received the person out after having to take away components of the chimney and constructing, inflicting $5,000 to $10,000 value of harm, police mentioned.
The Bristol man, who was not injured, was arrested and charged with housebreaking, trespassing and legal mischief. He was launched on bond and ordered to look in court docket on July 7.
A message searching for remark was despatched to an e-mail deal with listed in public data for the person. Cellphone numbers listed for him weren’t in service. On-line court docket data didn’t record a lawyer for him.
The person received caught close to the flue of the chimney of Mrs. Rockwell’s Pavilion, a constructing named after a beneficiary of the park. Locks on the doorways to the loos are on new timers and routinely lock at 10 p.m. each night time, mentioned Erica Benoit, neighborhood engagement coordinator for Bristol Parks, Recreation, Youth and Neighborhood Providers.
It’s not clear how the canine received caught within the rest room or how lengthy the person was within the chimney. The doorways might be opened from the within after they’re locked for the night time. The canine was unhurt, police mentioned.
“It’s a little bit of a loopy situation,” Benoit mentioned. “Our parks workers is working with the police division and the hearth division to guarantee that doesn’t occur once more. If he had simply contacted police within the first place, we would have been in a position to keep away from the state of affairs.”
