Overview
- Police say a 33-year-old in Berlin-Mariendorf locked a visiting 50-year-old in his flat and threatened him with a baseball bat.
- The guest fled to the bathroom, secured the door, and called for help out the window.
- After officers forced entry, the man advanced with the bat despite repeated orders to drop it, so an officer used a Taser and took him into custody.
- A search of the home turned up a small bag with a suspected narcotic, according to police.
- Because of his behavior, the man was admitted to a hospital psychiatric ward, and investigators are now reviewing the case.