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"Everyone do stupid things sometimes when they're drunk," he said.
The woman living there, Connie Deweese, said she had known Valencio for about seven or eight months but told him to stay away. She said she locked the door to her home, but "somehow he got to the roof."
"I've dated a lot of psychos in my life, but nobody like that," Deweese said.
Firefighters requested assistance from police officers after they arrived because they said Deweese was blocking the fireplace. She received misdemeanor citations for charges of disorderly conduct and interfering with a firefighter.
"I told them to leave him in the chimney and let him die," she said.
Valencio was taken to a hospital after he was removed. He later returned to the home, where a crew from television station WEHT captured Deweese hitting him with a garbage can and pelting him with bottles.
"Get off my porch, and don't you ever come back here," she yelled.
Valencio said he had a job and would help pay for the damage incurred from his rescue.
[Associated Press]
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