After the chimney owner gets harassed by the cops, the DA, the press and the lawyers from the estate of the burglar, I know one thing:
The next time he has a burglar in his chimney, or anywhere else on his property, he will take care of business and never call the cops again.....and just let sleeping dogs lie.
BTW, I had two vehicles stolen from me in December of 2014 and the alleged thief (who lives in a different county) was caught two months later. His wife flipped on him and the DA (in the county where the alleged thief lives) has all the evidence they need, including about $100K of stolen property they found ON HIS RESIDENCE. He's a free man.
Meanwhile, I had to pay about $500 out of my own pocket to retrieve my vehicles, plus take off a day of work. I actually had to pay the impound yard money to get my vehicles out. The cops only gave me a two day notice to retrieve my vehicles and if I didn't get them in two day, they would have been sold on public auction. (The cops were gracious enough not to charge me for the towing, LOL) The victim's recovery fund was useless to me because I live in a different county. About half the property recovered was stolen in my county and the DA in my county won't prosecute. I can't take the alleged thief to court because he hasn't been convicted of anything, plus small claims court is about useless if the guys claims he owns nothing.
Do you see why victims get angry?