Hilarious moment suspected bank robber falls through a ceiling and into a recycling bin as cops move

Publish date: 2024-09-25

This is the hilarious moment a suspected bank robber falls through a ceiling and into a recycling bin in front of two police officers. 

Tristan J. Heidl, 27, was arrested on Wednesday morning after officers responded to an alarm at the VacationLand Federal Credit Union in Huron, Ohio.

After arriving at the scene, police heard noises coming from the roof over the bank's drive thru and observed a trash can positioned directly below an access hatch. 

In a bizarre twist, Heidl then drops from the roof and straight into the bin from the hatch. 

Body cam footage of the blunder has since been shared by Huron Police Department which shows the two officers making the arrest. 

Heidl can be seen here dangling from the hatch as he attempts to lower himself into the bin

Heidl can be seen here dangling from the hatch as he attempts to lower himself into the bin 

In the video, the roof access hatch swings open violently - causing the officers to raise their weapons. 

Shortly after, the legs of Heidl appear from the hatch as he attempts to lower himself on to the bin. 

Letting go of the roof, Heidl then falls into the blue bin and is quickly placed in handcuffs.

After the bin he is standing in falls over, one of the officers has to resort to pulling him out of the receptacle by his shirt. 

Huron police Chief Terry Graham said: 'While checking the building, officers could hear noises coming from inside the roof area over the drive-thru. 

'They also observed a blue recycling trash can positioned in the middle of a drive-thru lane, which was directly under a roof access door.' 

Officers responded to an alarm at the VacationLand Federal Credit Union in Huron, Ohio, pictured here

Officers responded to an alarm at the VacationLand Federal Credit Union in Huron, Ohio, pictured here

Guns drawn, the two officers moved in to arrest Heidl after he had fallen through the hatch

Guns drawn, the two officers moved in to arrest Heidl after he had fallen through the hatch 

Heidl, pictured here, was charged with breaking and entering as well as safecracking following the blunder

Heidl, pictured here, was charged with breaking and entering as well as safecracking following the blunder 

Heidl was charged with breaking and entering, a fifth-degree felony, possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony, and safecracking, a fourth-degree felony. 

He has been incarcerated in the Erie County Jail on a $50,000 bond. 

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