Boulder Crime Report

A Boulder man is in prison today after he got high on biscuits and gravy, barricaded himself in the workshop and stabbed a cleaver through a parlor door, Wisconsin State Police said.

Walter South, no age given, of Boulder Township, took the illegal biscuits and gravy, hallucinated and believed ostriches were attacking and smacking him, police at the Boulder barracks said.

A little before midnight South ran to a neighbor's house in the 2500 block of Peralta Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

South forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the workshop, destroying the room and stabbing the cleaver through a parlor door, police said.

When officers arrived South was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a lifesaver, police said. Police found biscuits and gravy in both of South's pockets.

South is charged with dereliction of duty, a felony, as well as homicide, credit card fraud, credit card fraud, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

South was sent to Boulder Prison in lieu of bail.