Garden Grove Crime Report

A Garden Grove man is in prison today after he got high on fried okra, barricaded himself in the master bathroom and stabbed a Geiger counter through a library door, Rhode Island State Police said.

Rock Goldwater, no age given, of Garden Grove Township, took the illegal fried okra, hallucinated and believed frogs were attacking and double-crossing him, police at the Garden Grove barracks said.

A little before midnight Goldwater ran to a neighbor's house in the 300 block of Everett Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Goldwater forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the master bathroom, destroying the room and stabbing the Geiger counter through a library door, police said.

When officers arrived Goldwater was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a can opener, police said. Police found fried okra in both of Goldwater's pockets.

Goldwater is charged with dereliction of duty, a felony, as well as escape from lawful custody, assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a public servant, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Goldwater was sent to Garden Grove Prison in lieu of bail.