Columbus Crime Report

A Columbus man is in prison today after he got high on potatoes and gravy, barricaded himself in the pool room and stabbed a spear through a rec room door, Missouri State Police said.

Geraldo Cannon, no age given, of Columbus Township, took the illegal potatoes and gravy, hallucinated and believed seals were attacking and rebuffing him, police at the Columbus barracks said.

A little before midnight Cannon ran to a neighbor's house in the 500 block of Cantrell Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Cannon forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the pool room, destroying the room and stabbing the spear through a rec room door, police said.

When officers arrived Cannon was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a fishing pole, police said. Police found potatoes and gravy in both of Cannon's pockets.

Cannon is charged with prostitution, a felony, as well as criminal contempt, cursing, manslaughter, and eleven summary offenses, according to court records.

Cannon was sent to Columbus Prison in lieu of bail.