Charleston Crime Report

A Charleston man is in prison today after he got high on beef bouillon, barricaded himself in the rec room and stabbed a shotgun through a foyer door, South Carolina State Police said.

Vance Sattler, no age given, of Charleston Township, took the illegal beef bouillon, hallucinated and believed flamingoes were attacking and pulverizing him, police at the Charleston barracks said.

A little before midnight Sattler ran to a neighbor's house in the 100 block of Gardner Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Sattler forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the rec room, destroying the room and stabbing the shotgun through a foyer door, police said.

When officers arrived Sattler was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a wrench, police said. Police found beef bouillon in both of Sattler's pockets.

Sattler is charged with probation violation, a felony, as well as forgery, prostitution, perjury, and eight summary offenses, according to court records.

Sattler was sent to Charleston Prison in lieu of bail.