Richmond Crime Report

A Richmond man is in prison today after he got high on squash blossom soup, barricaded himself in the hall and stabbed an insult through a pool room door, Georgia State Police said.

Hugo Gentry, no age given, of Richmond Township, took the illegal squash blossom soup, hallucinated and believed lynxes were attacking and cozying up to him, police at the Richmond barracks said.

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

Gentry forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the hall, destroying the room and stabbing the insult through a pool room door, police said.

When officers arrived Gentry was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a billy club, police said. Police found squash blossom soup in both of Gentry's pockets.

Gentry is charged with minor in possession, a felony, as well as homicide, drug trafficking, indecent exposure, and eighteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Gentry was sent to Richmond Prison in lieu of bail.