After a Maryland man allegedly stripped naked, broke into a neighbor's apartment, punched a mother and tried to steal her child, the suspect's roommate attributed the episode to "bad weed" and suggested it was not his fault, WJLA reports.

Paul Mounombi faces charges of assault, home invasion and destruction of property for the March 25 incident, which authorities say began when he removed his clothes and started running through a Rockville-area apartment complex at around 2 p.m. From WJLA:

According to police, the 22-year-old smashed air conditioning units with dumbbells, and then used a lawn chair to shatter his neighbor's ground-floor apartment window. Upon crawling inside, still buck naked, Mounombi reportedly tried kidnapping a baby girl. Police say he then punched and choked the infant's mother, while shouting, "Call me your king!" and "Bow to me!" Mounombi also turned on the victims' kitchen stove burners and oven broiler.

Responding to several 911 calls, police reportedly found Mounombi "pacing and panting" in a nearby forest and took him into custody.

When speaking with both reporters and police, Mounombi's female roommate blamed his behavior on drugs, defending Mounombi as "an upstanding citizen."

Mounombi was reportedly evicted from the apartment complex after his arrest.

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