"Alleged" Burglar Gets Stuck in Oven Vent - --- PHOTO

[underpants]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060203/ap_on_fe_st/man_stuck_2

ORLANDO, Fla. - An alleged burglar was rescued Thursday after he got stuck overnight in the oven vent of the convenience store he was trying to rob, the fire department said.



Investigators said Lonnie Shields, 37, climbed into a small vent on the roof of the New City Mart at about 2 a.m. and wasn't found until store employees arrived at about 8 a.m.

Shields, who faces charges of burglary of a structure, was treated at a nearby hospital and booked into Orange County Jail on $1,000 bond.

"He was banged up and crunched up and uncomfortable from being in that pipe for about six hours," Orlando fire chief Greg Hoggatt said.

[sasquatch]

1. What is it about Florida that makes you irrational and stupid?

:shrug:

[Deep13]

3. JEB drugs the water. nt

[AllegroRondo]

2. Good thing they didnt fire up the oven.

"Do you smell something burning?"

[Deep13]

5. He's probably standing on it. Would that be sole food?

'cause, um, his feet would be cooking. Heh, heh. (crickets chirping) :blush:

[underpants]

6. THAT' s LONNIE!!!!

Ouch

[ucmike]

4. burglars should take "construction 101"

for the most part, you really can't get into a building by sliding down a vent or chimney. i laugh whenever i see these stories-and they happen pretty frequently. usually vents, smoke stacks, chimneys, etc. have equipment in there somewhere, even if you get to the bottom you will find fans, filters, dampers, bends in the pipe, etc. a lot of metal pipe work has screws sticking through it, think "cheese grater".

i saw a story last week where a woman tried to go down the chimney of her own house because she locked herself out and had to be rescued. that only works for santa claus.

[peekaloo]

7. It's a small world......

A friend in Orlando told me they showed a film clip from the inside, with his feet dangling, and fire department personnel giggling , making Santa/chimney sweep jokes.

[Robeson]

8. Poor Lonnie, it just wasn't his day, was it?.....

....:rofl: