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Suspected 19-year-old burglar stuck in Huron home’s chimney dies after residents light fire
Fresno Bee ^ | 11/29/15 | Rory Appleton

Posted on 11/30/2015 3:54:18 AM PST by markomalley

Authorities Sunday night identified the man who became stuck in the chimney of a Huron home during a botched burglary attempt and died after the homeowner lit a fire in the fireplace.

Tony Botti, spokesman for the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, said the man identified by the county coroner was 19-year-old Cody Caldwell. The cause of death was smoke inhalation and burns, Botti said.

Sheriff’s Lt. Brandon Pursell said deputies received a 911 call to the 16000 block of West Gale Avenue just before 3 p.m. Saturday. After lighting a fire, the male homeowner heard screams coming from somewhere inside the house. When the resident realized a person was in the chimney, he extinguished the fire.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California
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To: Blennos

They’ll sue and get plenty. You just can’t kill someone....especially when they’re defenseless.


21 posted on 11/30/2015 5:07:54 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Gaffer
It just doesn't make any sense to me someone would go through all that and not think it out.

Does it make any sense that any one would break into a house via a chimney?

Just break a window, {and I'd shoot you} and come on in.

22 posted on 11/30/2015 5:13:11 AM PST by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: markomalley

The idiot didn’t know that fireplace chimneys have changed since “The Night Before Christmas” was written.


23 posted on 11/30/2015 5:17:00 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: Sacajaweau
They will sue and get plenty

Lets see what possible Jury members say.

Jurist #1 ASA Vet ... Sorry, No payout, and you get to pay the attorney fees for the Home Owners Insurance Company.

Next Jurist.

24 posted on 11/30/2015 5:17:28 AM PST by ASA Vet (Trump is the only candidate since Reagan that I have actually WANTED to vote for.)
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To: Sacajaweau
They'll sue and get plenty. You just can't kill someone....especially when they're defenseless.

Is this sarcasm or insanity?

25 posted on 11/30/2015 5:17:43 AM PST by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Lighting a fire was insane....

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Agree....... But the story indicates the family didn’t know the deceased was in the chimney.
Apparently he was stuck in the chimney for almost a day. Strange to say the least.


26 posted on 11/30/2015 5:18:58 AM PST by deport
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To: USS Alaska

You better be able to prove he was a mute.


27 posted on 11/30/2015 5:27:00 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: markomalley

What a way to get a chimney sweep.


28 posted on 11/30/2015 5:29:54 AM PST by tflabo (Psalm 1)
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To: Sacajaweau

He peobably was keeping quiet UNTIL the fire was lit.


29 posted on 11/30/2015 5:30:31 AM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: markomalley

Best. Story. Ever.


30 posted on 11/30/2015 5:35:58 AM PST by petercooper (And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus... Rollin' down Highway 41.)
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To: Blennos

“Legal theory”, well there is no real standard they could sue over. However, they could try a civil case stating that the owners should have covered the chimney with something to keep “kids” from fall into them.


31 posted on 11/30/2015 5:42:00 AM PST by redgolum
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To: redgolum
Legal theory”, well there is no real standard they could sue over. However, they could try a civil case stating that the owners should have covered the chimney with something to keep “kids” from fall into them.

I suppose anything is possible. If the burglar had fallen off the roof and died of a broken neck, should the homeowners be sued because they didn't have netting around their house to catch a falling kid? As I said, an age of insanity.

32 posted on 11/30/2015 5:46:34 AM PST by Blennos
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To: ASA Vet

No payout.


33 posted on 11/30/2015 5:57:13 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (I miss my dad.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

Here in my State only 6 jurors in a civil case. You’re number 2. Need 4 more.


34 posted on 11/30/2015 6:02:15 AM PST by ASA Vet (Trump is the only candidate since Reagan that I have actually WANTED to vote for.)
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To: hoosierham
Don't believe it....I got stuck between two masonry walls...it was funny for the first one minute....you panic like you are drowning....The words OMG...said it all

What they probably didn't realize is that he was really stuck.... and thought the fire would bring him down....

He dies...of course they're going to lie through their teeth. They have the advantage. Dead men tell no tales.

35 posted on 11/30/2015 6:05:52 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Blennos

I would agree with you except we’re talking about California...


36 posted on 11/30/2015 6:13:36 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: Sacajaweau

They would have to prove the home owner knew he was there before they started the fire.

The only witnesses are the residents of the home.

By definition, a burglar uses stealth to enter a home, that stealth would prevent the home owner from knowing the man was in the fireplace until after the fire was started.

Unless someone in the home is an idiot and admitted they knew he was there, they cannot be sued for starting a fire in their own fireplace.


37 posted on 11/30/2015 7:11:17 AM PST by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: redgolum

I would bet money the burglar removed a screen or cover to enter the chimney.


38 posted on 11/30/2015 7:13:09 AM PST by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: Sacajaweau

A modern chimney is a tight fit. He probably passed out long before any fire was set.


39 posted on 11/30/2015 7:52:20 AM PST by sharkhawk (Here come the Hawks, the mighty Black Hawks)
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To: Gaffer

>> It just doesn’t make any sense to me <<

Stupid homeowner meets stupid burglar?

Maybe that’s all we need to know.


40 posted on 11/30/2015 8:08:27 AM PST by Hawthorn
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