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http://www.newschannel9.com/news/top-stories/stories/police-man-high-meth-climbs-pole-threatens-officers-20170.shtml
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - A man who claimed to be on a five-day methamphetamine binge climbed a power pole and threatened to stab
officers with a knife if he came down, according to the Bakersfield
Police Department.
Officials say at 11:32 Monday morning, a police officer was flagged down
by a witness saying a man had climbed a pole north of a Rite Aid store
near Mt. Vernon Avenue and Bernard Street.
Investigations found the man approximately 20 feet up a power pole,
armed with a knife, saying he wanted to to kill himself.
Officers called medical aid, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and police negotiators to the scene. PG&E was able to shut down the power to the pole.
The power outage left about 103 customers and several businesses in the
area without power, according to officials.
The man came down after about an hour of negotiations. Kern County Fire Department officials set up a ladder allowing the man to get down safely.
The man, whose name was withheld, has been placed on a 72-hour hold for psychiatric evaluation and was transported to Kern Medical Center.
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