Avonlea Crime Report

An Avonlea man is in prison today after he got high on sweet potatoes, barricaded himself in the closet and stabbed a pair of bare hands through a foyer door, Oklahoma State Police said.

Bob Brontsky, no age given, of Avonlea Township, took the illegal sweet potatoes, hallucinated and believed buffalo were attacking and stepping on him, police at the Avonlea barracks said.

A little before midnight Brontsky ran to a neighbor's house in the 600 block of Jones Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Brontsky forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the closet, destroying the room and stabbing the pair of bare hands through a foyer door, police said.

When officers arrived Brontsky was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a wet washrag, police said. Police found sweet potatoes in both of Brontsky's pockets.

Brontsky is charged with slander, a felony, as well as minor in possession, DWI, minor in possession, and six summary offenses, according to court records.

Brontsky was sent to Avonlea Prison in lieu of bail.