Homeless Man Crashes Peninsula Baptism, Helps Self to Lunch Before Being Nabbed on Drug Charges: Police

DALY CITY, CA – A homeless man allegedly high on drugs crashed a local baptism and then followed the party to the reception before being arrested, police report.

According to Daly City Police, authorities were called about 3:45 p.m. Sunday to the Holy Child and St. Martin Episcopal Church at 777 Southgate Ave. on a report of an individual refusing to leave the church.

According to police, the caller said she was attending a baptism when she saw a man that she did not recognize.

"The subject said he knew one of the family members," police said in a news release. "The reporting party didn’t question it at the time but felt something was not right."

After the baptism, the man followed the party to a location where lunch was being held and helped himself. When the caller realized that no one at the party knew the man, she called police.

"She said the subject went with the baptism party to a location where lunch was held and ate food with the group," police said. "After the reporting party realized no one in the party knew the subject, the reporting party called the police."

When an officer arrived on the scene, the man said he was at the church because he lived there and was also doing construction work there, police said.

"The officer noticed the subject was unable to control the movement of his fingers and was blinking his eyes uncontrollably," police added. "Knowing that this is one of the signs of being under the influence, the officer asked the subject when he last used narcotics."

The man then allegedly admitted he'd used methamphetamine a few days earlier. After some field tests, the officer determined that the man was under the influence of a controlled substance and arrested him on drug charges, police said.

– Bay City News Service contributed to this report / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone