Waterloo Crime Report

A Waterloo man is in prison today after he got high on succotash, barricaded himself in the corridor and stabbed an insect repellant through a garage door, Georgia State Police said.

Donnie Bob Shelby, no age given, of Waterloo Township, took the illegal succotash, hallucinated and believed bears were attacking and replacing him, police at the Waterloo barracks said.

A little before midnight Shelby ran to a neighbor's house in the 2100 block of Wenzel Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Shelby forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the corridor, destroying the room and stabbing the insect repellant through a garage door, police said.

When officers arrived Shelby was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a blow gun, police said. Police found succotash in both of Shelby's pockets.

Shelby is charged with second degree murder, a felony, as well as child abandonment, evidence tampering, smoking, and eleven summary offenses, according to court records.

Shelby was sent to Waterloo Prison in lieu of bail.