Dallas Crime Report

A Dallas man is in prison today after he got high on crumb cake, barricaded himself in the study and stabbed a cleaver through a master bathroom door, West Virginia State Police said.

Morton Oldfather, no age given, of Dallas Township, took the illegal crumb cake, hallucinated and believed moles were attacking and praying for him, police at the Dallas barracks said.

A little before midnight Oldfather ran to a neighbor's house in the 800 block of Patterson Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Oldfather forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the study, destroying the room and stabbing the cleaver through a master bathroom door, police said.

When officers arrived Oldfather was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a vial of poison, police said. Police found crumb cake in both of Oldfather's pockets.

Oldfather is charged with extortion, a felony, as well as assault on a public servant, child abandonment, cyber bullying, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

Oldfather was sent to Dallas Prison in lieu of bail.