St. Louis Crime Report

A St. Louis man is in prison today after he got high on oyster on the half-shell, barricaded himself in the basement and stabbed a billy club through a linen closet door, Virginia State Police said.

Luke Lopez, no age given, of St. Louis Township, took the illegal oyster on the half-shell, hallucinated and believed pigeons were attacking and singing to him, police at the St. Louis barracks said.

A little before midnight Lopez ran to a neighbor's house in the 1600 block of Vogel Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Lopez forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the basement, destroying the room and stabbing the billy club through a linen closet door, police said.

When officers arrived Lopez was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a wooden stake, police said. Police found oyster on the half-shell in both of Lopez's pockets.

Lopez is charged with disorderly conduct, a felony, as well as telemarketing fraud, credit card fraud, carjacking, and three summary offenses, according to court records.

Lopez was sent to St. Louis Prison in lieu of bail.