CARROLL, Iowa — Carrie Sapp teased her husband, Brad, about being afraid of ghosts when he said he heard someone whisper “get out of here” while he was sorting cans at his Iowa recycling business.
It was her turn eight hours later, though now it was a man yelling for help from the Carroll Redemption Center’s chimney.
Carrie Sapp told the Daily Times Herald on Wednesday that the man explained, “I was playing hide-and-seek with my cousin. … Don’t call the cops!”
But they were called, as were firefighters, who eventually hammered a hole in the chimney before getting 29-year-old Jordan Kajewski out of it.
He was naked and covered in soot, though he had his clothes with him.
Kajewski was charged with trespassing. Court records don’t list an attorney for him.
Jordan Kajewski, 29, of Carroll, Iowa, walks from Carroll Redemption Center, where he was arrested for trying to break in the night of May 17, 2016. Kajewski got stuck in a chimney there for at least eight hours. Kajewksi crawled into the chimney during the night of May 17, 2016, and was rescued the following day. He was naked and covered in soot, though he had his clothes with him. He was charged with trespassing. (Jared Strong/Carroll Daily Times Herald via AP)
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Jordan Kajewski, 29, of Carroll, Iowa, walks from Carroll Redemption Center, where he was arrested for trying to break in the night of May 17, 2016. Kajewski got stuck in a chimney there for at least eight hours. Kajewksi crawled into the chimney during the night of May 17, 2016, and was rescued the following day. He was naked and covered in soot, though he had his clothes with him. He was charged with trespassing. (Jared Strong/Carroll Daily Times Herald via AP)
Jared Strong | Carroll Daily Times Herald via AP
Lt. Tom Fransen, of the Carroll County, Iowa, Sheriff’s office, shines a flashlight into a chimney at Carroll Redemption Center, in Carroll, Iowa, where Jordan Kajewski, 29, was stuck. Kajewksi crawled into the chimney during the night of May 17, 2016, and was rescued the following day. He was naked and covered in soot, though he had his clothes with him. Kajewski was charged with trespassing. (Jared Strong/Carroll Daily Times Herald via AP)
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Lt. Tom Fransen, of the Carroll County, Iowa, Sheriff’s office, shines a flashlight into a chimney at Carroll Redemption Center, in Carroll, Iowa, where Jordan Kajewski, 29, was stuck. Kajewksi crawled into the chimney during the night of May 17, 2016, and was rescued the following day. He was naked and covered in soot, though he had his clothes with him. Kajewski was charged with trespassing. (Jared Strong/Carroll Daily Times Herald via AP)
Jared Strong | Carroll Daily Times Herald via AP
Carroll, Iowa, firefighters break apart a chimney to free a man who got stuck inside the night of May 17, 2016, apparently trying to break into Carroll Redemption Center, located in Carroll, Iowa. Jordan Kajewksi crawled into the chimney during the night of May 17, 2016, and was rescued the following day. He was naked and covered in soot, though he had his clothes with him. Kajewski was charged with trespassing. (Jared Strong/Carroll Daily Times Herald via AP)
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Carroll, Iowa, firefighters break apart a chimney to free a man who got stuck inside the night of May 17, 2016, apparently trying to break into Carroll Redemption Center, located in Carroll, Iowa. Jordan Kajewksi crawled into the chimney during the night of May 17, 2016, and was rescued the following day. He was naked and covered in soot, though he had his clothes with him. Kajewski was charged with trespassing. (Jared Strong/Carroll Daily Times Herald via AP)
Jared Strong | Carroll Daily Times Herald via AP
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