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There was speculation that a woman who had to be covered in dish soap so she could be rescued from a chimney in Thousand Oaks over the weekend was a burglar. But the story is even creepier: it turns out the woman was someone the homeowner met online and went on six dates with before he broke things off with her.Everything had been fine in their brief relationship...until it wasn't. The homeowner and unlucky online dater identified only as Lawrence told KTLA, "She seemed totally cool until the first flag was her actually being on my roof two weeks ago."
It's still not clear what Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa, 30, of Thousand Oaks intended to do if her plan to sneak down a chimney had gone off without a hitch. After she was squeezed out of the chimney on Sunday morning, she was arrested on suspicion of illegally entering a residence and providing false information to a peace officer. Lawrence wasn't home at the time, and it was neighbor who heard the woman's cries and called police.
Lawrence offered some free advice, "Before you have somebody come in your house really check them out … really give it some time before you let somebody in, because they might want to stay."
