Madrid Crime Report

A Madrid man is in prison today after he got high on lamb curry, barricaded himself in the pantry and stabbed a street sweeper through a garage door, Virgin Islands State Police said.

Paul Lawler, no age given, of Madrid Township, took the illegal lamb curry, hallucinated and believed rats were attacking and ignoring him, police at the Madrid barracks said.

A little before midnight Lawler ran to a neighbor's house in the 200 block of Sewell Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Lawler forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the pantry, destroying the room and stabbing the street sweeper through a garage door, police said.

When officers arrived Lawler was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a rubber band, police said. Police found lamb curry in both of Lawler's pockets.

Lawler is charged with mayhem, a felony, as well as voluntary manslaughter, winking, fraud, and twelve summary offenses, according to court records.

Lawler was sent to Madrid Prison in lieu of bail.