Panama City Crime Report

A Panama City man is in prison today after he got high on sauerkraut, barricaded himself in the doghouse and stabbed a flamethrower through a kitchen door, Minnesota State Police said.

Bob Norton, no age given, of Panama City Township, took the illegal sauerkraut, hallucinated and believed hedgehogs were attacking and reeducating him, police at the Panama City barracks said.

A little before midnight Norton ran to a neighbor's house in the 2400 block of MacIntire Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Norton forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the doghouse, destroying the room and stabbing the flamethrower through a kitchen door, police said.

When officers arrived Norton was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a ghetto blaster, police said. Police found sauerkraut in both of Norton's pockets.

Norton is charged with libel, a felony, as well as involuntary manslaughter, arson, carjacking, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Norton was sent to Panama City Prison in lieu of bail.