Pro Tip for Online Daters: Don't Sneak Into Your Ex's House by Chimney

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Brian Koerber
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Pro Tip for Online Daters: Don't Sneak Into Your Ex's House by Chimney
Credit: VCFD_PIO

That's not Santa Claus in your chimney, it's that girl you met online.

Search and rescue crews had to remove a woman who was stuck in a chimney early Sunday morning in Thousand Oaks, California, CBSLA.com reports.

The woman, 30-year-old Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa, was allegedly attempting to enter the home of a man she met online named Lawrence, who preferred to not reveal his last name. Lawrence told local reporters that the two went on a few dates, but he had recently ended their relationship.

#ThousandOaks #entrapment FFs have reached the conscious victim. Extrication expected soon. pic.twitter.com/W2O1EGX73u— Capt Mike Lindbery (@VCFD_PIO) October 19, 2014

Rescue teams had to partially dismantle the chimney and lubricate it with dish soap and water in order to extract Nunez-Figueroa. She was then transported to a hospital and later arrested for illegal entry and providing illegal information to a peace officer, according to KABC.

#entrapment patient was lifted out of chimney and hoisted from roof using ladder truck and stokes basket pic.twitter.com/SlUITCmXpU— Capt Mike Lindbery (@VCFD_PIO) October 19, 2014

Lawrence was not at home during the incident, but he said that he found Nunez-Figueroa two weeks ago on his roof and she ran away before the police had arrived.

“You have to be careful who you meet online,” Lawrence told CBS.

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