Providence Crime Report

A Providence man is in prison today after he got high on Hamburger Helper, barricaded himself in the boiler room and stabbed an épée through a dining room door, Ohio State Police said.

Cat Prater, no age given, of Providence Township, took the illegal Hamburger Helper, hallucinated and believed snipes were attacking and talking to him, police at the Providence barracks said.

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

Prater forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the boiler room, destroying the room and stabbing the épée through a dining room door, police said.

When officers arrived Prater was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a shoe, police said. Police found Hamburger Helper in both of Prater's pockets.

Prater is charged with escape from lawful custody, a felony, as well as assault with a deadly weapon, telemarketing fraud, amphetamine distribution, and nineteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Prater was sent to Providence Prison in lieu of bail.