Palmdale Crime Report

A Palmdale man is in prison today after he got high on pecan pie, barricaded himself in the workshop and stabbed a butterfly net through a porch door, Virgin Islands State Police said.

Russell McGraw, no age given, of Palmdale Township, took the illegal pecan pie, hallucinated and believed basset hounds were attacking and befuddling him, police at the Palmdale barracks said.

A little before midnight McGraw ran to a neighbor's house in the 1500 block of Metzger Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

McGraw forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the workshop, destroying the room and stabbing the butterfly net through a porch door, police said.

When officers arrived McGraw was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a lance, police said. Police found pecan pie in both of McGraw's pockets.

McGraw is charged with fashion faux-pas, a felony, as well as abuse of authority, perjury, lewd conduct, and fourteen summary offenses, according to court records.

McGraw was sent to Palmdale Prison in lieu of bail.