Gettysburg Crime Report

A Gettysburg man is in prison today after he got high on potatoes and gravy, barricaded himself in the ballroom and stabbed a boomerang through a patio door, Montana State Police said.

John Paul Escobar, no age given, of Gettysburg Township, took the illegal potatoes and gravy, hallucinated and believed dromedaries were attacking and texting him, police at the Gettysburg barracks said.

A little before midnight Escobar ran to a neighbor's house in the 900 block of Ibrahim Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Escobar forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the ballroom, destroying the room and stabbing the boomerang through a patio door, police said.

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

Escobar is charged with forcible entry, a felony, as well as eavesdropping, child abuse, assault on a public servant, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Escobar was sent to Gettysburg Prison in lieu of bail.