.....outside my office this morning! Actually it turned out to be just some crazy guy all hopped up on something wearing a crown of thorns, a loin cloth and a trench coat singing the Beatles song, "All we need is love..."
WORCESTERâ?? A man wearing a crown of thorns and a black robe perched himself on the rooftop cross at the old Chestnut Street Congregational Church for almost five hours early today.
At one point the man threatened to jump, according to police Sgt. Gary J. Quitadamo.
Police negotiators spoke with the man throughout the morning before the man jumped 10 feet onto scaffolding, where he was restrained by police. It was shortly before 9 a.m.
It was not immediately known why the man climbed atop the church; authorities at the scene said the man appeared to be delusional. Authorities did not release his name.
Authorities said the 38-year-old man climbed to the top of the church, now the New England Dream Center, about 3:30 a.m. Police negotiators spoke with the man for several hours, before he jumped from the roof onto the scaffolding.
Firefighters used a ladder truck to bring the man down off the roof. The man was taken to a city hospital for medical and psychological treatment.
