When owner Paul Ives arrived home from work, Pearce, who was armed with a hammer, tried to claim that he had spotted someone else trying to raid the house and had selflessly attempted to catch the scoundrel, getting stuck in the process.
Unsurprisingly, Mr Ives didn't believe his story and declined to set him free.
Police and paramedics arrived on the scene and eventually managed to release Pearce's shoe and haul him down.
It is believed that the lace in one of his trainers became caught in the window frame as he tried to clamber through.
He was arrested, handcuffed and taken to the police station.