Bungling burglar arrested after getting stuck in Northamptonshire house window
A burglar who got wedged in a window as he tried to break into a Northamptonshire house this morning has been arrested.
Northamptonshire Police’s force control room rarely uses it’s Twitter account to tell its 1,000 strong following when arrests have been made.
But a house raider who landed himself in handcuffs this morning must have tickled the force’s phone operators.
At about 6am The control room account tweeted: “First incident of the day, burglar stuck in a window! 1 under arrest.#ProudToProtect.”
The incident happened in Barnwell Street, Kettering.
Officers were called when the owners of the home in were “awoken by a lot of noise and discovered a man stuck in a downstairs window”, a police spokesperson said.
The 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of burglary and drugs offences.
He is currently being held in custody for questioning.