Man With Blender Threatens Police, Claims to be Osama

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) - A West Virginia man claiming to be Osama Bin Laden led Ocean City Police on a high speed chase that ended in a crash. He then threatened officers with a blender.

Police say it started around 9:45 a.m Wednesday when Tena Bergeno, 26, of Charleston, W. Va., began acting strangely and jumped into a car at First Street. He sped off when officers tried to stop him.

Bergeno ran a red light at Second Street, almost hitting two cars. The chase ended when Bergeno plowed into three cars at a red light at 36th Street. As police surrounded his disabled car, Bergeno brandished a blender at officers on Coastal Highway near 37th Street.

After taking the blender away from Bergeno, he was arrested and charged with fleeing and eluding, hit and run, second-degree assault and minor traffic charges.

Police say an officer had Bergeno evaluated at Atlantic General Hospital on Monday after he claimed to be Osama Bin Laden. He made that claim to a police officer. After Wednesday's chase, he was taken to Peninsula Regional Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation.

Information from: The (Salisbury, Md.) Daily Times

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