'Jesus' Arrested In Chehalis
Richard Thompson
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News

Posted: 10:17 am PDT July 22, 2009

CHEHALIS, Wash. -- KIRO 7 Eyewitness News has learned a man who was claiming to be Jesus Christ was arrested in Chehalis early Wednesday morning.

Police said a woman woke up to find a man walking down the hallway of her home. She demanded to know who he was. The man said he was Jesus Christ and was lost.

The frightened woman then told the man to get out of her house.

After leaving her home, the man went to the woman's pickup truck and removed some items, police said.

The woman again shouted at the man and asked him what he was doing. The man said he had taken her truck for a drive earlier and was just removing his belongings from inside. He promised not to take the vehicle again.

The woman called police, who arrested the man and transported him to jail.

Chehalis police said drug use may have been a factor in the man's behavior.