Charleston Crime Report

A Charleston man is in prison today after he got high on hash, barricaded himself in the pool room and stabbed a lariat through a pantry door, North Carolina State Police said.

Blake Brazil, no age given, of Charleston Township, took the illegal hash, hallucinated and believed meerkats were attacking and hypnotizing him, police at the Charleston barracks said.

A little before midnight Brazil ran to a neighbor's house in the 1700 block of Schecter Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Brazil forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the pool room, destroying the room and stabbing the lariat through a pantry door, police said.

When officers arrived Brazil was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a shotgun, police said. Police found hash in both of Brazil's pockets.

Brazil is charged with treason, a felony, as well as racketeering, lewd conduct, pyramid schemes, and two summary offenses, according to court records.

Brazil was sent to Charleston Prison in lieu of bail.