Berlin Crime Report

A Berlin man is in prison today after he got high on pretzels, barricaded himself in the patio and stabbed a Nerf bat through a billiard room door, Wisconsin State Police said.

Bart O'Connor, no age given, of Berlin Township, took the illegal pretzels, hallucinated and believed shrews were attacking and fighting with him, police at the Berlin barracks said.

A little before midnight O'Connor ran to a neighbor's house in the 1300 block of Gross Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

O'Connor forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the patio, destroying the room and stabbing the Nerf bat through a billiard room door, police said.

When officers arrived O'Connor was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a photon torpedo, police said. Police found pretzels in both of O'Connor's pockets.

O'Connor is charged with being ugly in public, a felony, as well as eavesdropping, open container violation, assault on a public servant, and sixteen summary offenses, according to court records.

O'Connor was sent to Berlin Prison in lieu of bail.