St. Petersburg Crime Report

A St. Petersburg man is in prison today after he got high on chicken gumbo, barricaded himself in the master bedroom and stabbed a tennis racket through a hall door, New Mexico State Police said.

Billy Bob South, no age given, of St. Petersburg Township, took the illegal chicken gumbo, hallucinated and believed hermit crabs were attacking and defeating him, police at the St. Petersburg barracks said.

A little before midnight South ran to a neighbor's house in the 1100 block of Pough Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

South forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the master bedroom, destroying the room and stabbing the tennis racket through a hall door, police said.

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

South is charged with conduct unbecoming, a felony, as well as counterfeiting, abuse of authority, DWAI, and nineteen summary offenses, according to court records.

South was sent to St. Petersburg Prison in lieu of bail.