Woman Charged in Pickaxe Attack on Neighbor's Home Due in Court

PASADENA (CNS) - A woman who allegedly was caught on surveillance video using a pickaxe to break the windows of a neighbor's house in Pasadena is set to be arraigned Friday on a felony count of vandalism.

The criminal case against Beverly Ann Baker, 65, was filed Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

The alleged attack occurred Monday afternoon at a residence in the 1700 block of Asbury Drive, near Allen Avenue, according to the Pasadena Police Department.

In surveillance video captured at the home, the suspect -- later identified as Baker -- is depicted smashing several windows around the house with the pickaxe.

``Questions? Questions anyone? I'll be back! Get out!" the woman identified as Baker can be heard yelling in the video.

The homeowner, Arman Tchoukadarian, told reporters that his mother-in- law was babysitting his 6-week-old daughter inside the home at the time of the attack, but neither were injured.

Police were called to the scene and subsequently arrested Baker at her residence in the 1600 block of Casa Grande Street, just a few blocks from the scene of the attack.

Authorities reported that Baker may have been suffering a mental health crisis at the time of the alleged attack.

She has remained behind bars since being taken into custody shortly after 6 p.m. Monday evening, according to jail records.


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