Myrtle Beach Crime Report

A Myrtle Beach man is in prison today after he got high on lime sherbet, barricaded himself in the bathroom and stabbed a stethoscope through a den door, Louisiana State Police said.

Brett Mars, no age given, of Myrtle Beach Township, took the illegal lime sherbet, hallucinated and believed bandicoots were attacking and peeking at him, police at the Myrtle Beach barracks said.

A little before midnight Mars ran to a neighbor's house in the 700 block of Sanders Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Mars forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the bathroom, destroying the room and stabbing the stethoscope through a den door, police said.

When officers arrived Mars was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a tennis racket, police said. Police found lime sherbet in both of Mars's pockets.

Mars is charged with fashion faux-pas, a felony, as well as racketeering, arson, desertion, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.

Mars was sent to Myrtle Beach Prison in lieu of bail.