Lancaster Crime Report

A Lancaster man is in prison today after he got high on country glazed ham, barricaded himself in the solarium and stabbed a water balloon through a nursery door, Washington State Police said.

Ken Burke, no age given, of Lancaster Township, took the illegal country glazed ham, hallucinated and believed mares were attacking and giggling at him, police at the Lancaster barracks said.

A little before midnight Burke ran to a neighbor's house in the 1400 block of Flores Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Burke forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the solarium, destroying the room and stabbing the water balloon through a nursery door, police said.

When officers arrived Burke was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a camera, police said. Police found country glazed ham in both of Burke's pockets.

Burke is charged with slander, a felony, as well as libel, open container violation, terroristic threats, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

Burke was sent to Lancaster Prison in lieu of bail.