Birmingham Crime Report

A Birmingham man is in prison today after he got high on potatoes and gravy, barricaded himself in the laundry room and stabbed a sling through a ballroom door, Pennsylvania State Police said.

Herb Broghammer, no age given, of Birmingham Township, took the illegal potatoes and gravy, hallucinated and believed cheetahs were attacking and listening to him, police at the Birmingham barracks said.

A little before midnight Broghammer ran to a neighbor's house in the 100 block of Bates Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Broghammer forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the laundry room, destroying the room and stabbing the sling through a ballroom door, police said.

When officers arrived Broghammer was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a stick of dynamite, police said. Police found potatoes and gravy in both of Broghammer's pockets.

Broghammer is charged with pyramid schemes, a felony, as well as bribery, winking, eavesdropping, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

Broghammer was sent to Birmingham Prison in lieu of bail.