Monica Louise Berlin, 39, allegedly set fire to 900 hay bales valued at roughly $10,800 in the vicinity of Seymour Street and state Highway 1 around 9:20 p.m. on June 26.
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Berlin photographed the fire and apparently told firefighters responding to the blaze that it had something to do with the "zombie apocalypse," according to prosecutors.
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A week later, she allegedly returned to the same property and burned a second pile of hay bales valued at an estimated $9,180 around 9:50 p.m. on July 3.
The following day, prosecutors say she told her neighbor she had done so to prevent a cult from committing a massacre.
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Then on Friday, she fled from police attempting to stop her in the vicinity of state Highway 92 and Canada Road, leading law enforcement on a 100 mph chase that ended with her arrest by the California Highway Patrol in Atherton.
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Berlin is currently represented by San Mateo County's Private Defender Program, but a staffer for the program said no attorney had been assigned to her case as of this morning.
She's currently being held on $100,000 bail and is scheduled to return to court on July 19 for a preliminary hearing.
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