Santa he is not.
A Massachusetts man fleeing police by rooftop Tuesday night “invoked the essence of the seasonal icon” and hid in a chimney — but he became stuck and needed help escaping, the police department in Fall River, south of Boston, said in a news release.
Local emergency responders rescued the 33-year-old man, the police department said.
Body camera video released by the department showed firefighters removing a section of the chimney at its base and pulling the man out.
He was arrested on outstanding warrants and drug possession charges, the department said.
Authorities had been executing a search warrant at a residential address in Fall River, a city of roughly 93,000, before the attempted escape, the release said.
A second suspect was also arrested on drug possession charges “with less theatrics,” the police department said. A third person eluded capture by jumping from the roof onto a parked car.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the man has a lawyer to speak on his behalf.