Knoxville Crime Report

A Knoxville man is in prison today after he got high on candy, barricaded himself in the kitchen and stabbed a switchblade through a garage door, Vermont State Police said.

Millicent Vaniman, no age given, of Knoxville Township, took the illegal candy, hallucinated and believed goldfish were attacking and recoiling from him, police at the Knoxville barracks said.

A little before midnight Vaniman ran to a neighbor's house in the 2400 block of Porter Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Vaniman forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the kitchen, destroying the room and stabbing the switchblade through a garage door, police said.

When officers arrived Vaniman was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a branding iron, police said. Police found candy in both of Vaniman's pockets.

Vaniman is charged with drug possession, a felony, as well as kidnapping, DWAI, forcible entry, and eleven summary offenses, according to court records.

Vaniman was sent to Knoxville Prison in lieu of bail.