Posted on 10/27/2022 1:34:14 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
A woman was arrested Tuesday after a Pasadena family was subjected to a disturbing display of destruction as a woman smashed their windows with a pickaxe.
Beverly Baker, 65, was arrested and charged with vandalism. Police said she was having a mental health crisis at the time of the incident. She is expected to be arraigned Wednesday.
"We got targeted. This is not normal," said homeowner Arman Tchoukadarian.
Tchoukadarian and his family had just moved into their dream house a few months ago but their sense of security has already vanished following this terrifying attack that resembles a scene from a horror movie.
On Monday, Tchoukadarian said he got a notification from his security system that something was happening at his house while he was at work.
"All I see is a woman trying to bash our door in," he said.
Inside the house was his mother-in-law and his newborn baby girl. Tchoukadarian said his mother-in-law immediately grabbed the baby as a lady with a massive pickaxe smashed the windows, one of which was directly above the newborn's bassinet.
The glass shards from these giant windows were twice her size," said Tchoukadarian. "If she was five seconds late, our daughter would no longer be with us."
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One good solution to such vandalism involves hollow points.
“ Police said she was having a mental health crisis at the time of the incident”
The entire state is a mental health crisis
California, many are surprised to learn, is not a “duty to retreat” state, though it’s not clear there was any place for the homeowner to retreat to, in this case.
In any event, I think you could make the argument for deadly force at moments in this encounter, given the presence of the infant, the weapon and the attacker’s deranged actions. That said, I’m glad it wasn’t necessary.
Lol. That was awesome 🙌
she was released immediately (I don’t really know that for sure)
It’s Los Angeles! They do not do criminals.
Menopause.
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