A Massachusetts man trying to escape from police shimmied down the chimney.

And got stuck.

The man fled onto a rooftop, but he ended up needing to be rescued by the detectives who were pursuing him after getting wedged inside a chimney Tuesday evening.

Body cam video from the Fall River Police Department shows a detective shouting, �Hey he’s on the roof. Get down here!� Detectives were alerted moments later by a bystander that a man was �screaming� inside a nearby chimney. Incredulous detectives climbed up the roof and peered down into the shaft with a flashlight to see the man stuck. �You’re an idiot,� one of them said.

Detectives called in firefighters who had to carefully knock out bricks to free the man. �Due to his Santa-antics (the man) was transported to a local hospital out of caution,” police said.

The man remained in the lockup Thursday on drug charges and other charges from outstanding warrants. His court-appointed attorney didn’t immediately return an email message. Another man sought by police was seen jumping off the roof and over a fence, escaping capture.

(AP)