Security spikes are my Achilles heel! The burglar is caught after being impaled through the ankle while trying to climb into the victim’s house
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This is the moment a thief’s ankle was pierced by a metal fence as he tried to climb over it to rob a house.
The thief, identified locally as 18-year-old Leonel Lautaro Romero, attempted to break into the house in San Miguel, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, by stepping over the pointed gate with a chair.
But heavy rains that hit the region this weekend left his foot loose, and he slipped as he climbed over it, puncturing his ankle.
Gruesome footage taken at the scene of the crime showed a black metal spike going all the way through the thief’s ankle.
Local media say he lives just around the corner from the house he allegedly tried to break into.
A local resident noticed his plight and called the emergency services.
Firefighters were then sent to the scene and freed Romero by cutting the tip of the top of the gate.
It is unknown how long he was in the painful position before being released.
The thief, identified locally as 18-year-old Leonel Lautaro Romero (pictured), tried to break into the house in San Miguel
It is not known how long he was in the painful position before being released
An ambulance also arrived and paramedics treated the teen before taking him to a local hospital under police custody.
He has since been dismissed, released on bail and charged with trespassing with criminal intent. Local media reported that he was also under investigation for other crimes.
Romero wasn’t the only Argentine thief who got his comeuppance.
Last month is one A deli clerk in Argentina sent a knife-wielding bandit fleeing after brandishing an even larger knife at the would-be robber.
Surveillance footage showed the suspect walking up to the deli counter and pulling out a knife in the town of Cipolletti in northern Patagonia.
We see him flash the knife and walk around the corner of the counter before stepping back and putting the knife in his pants.
The suspect then headed for the exit when, as the video showed, the satisfied clerk emerged brandishing a much larger knife with a smile on her face.