Palmdale Crime Report

A Palmdale man is in prison today after he got high on burritos, barricaded himself in the auditorium and stabbed an assault rifle through a master bathroom door, Kentucky State Police said.

Cat Pough, no age given, of Palmdale Township, took the illegal burritos, hallucinated and believed skunks were attacking and touching him, police at the Palmdale barracks said.

A little before midnight Pough ran to a neighbor's house in the 1100 block of Goldwater Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Pough forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the auditorium, destroying the room and stabbing the assault rifle through a master bathroom door, police said.

When officers arrived Pough was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a poison dart, police said. Police found burritos in both of Pough's pockets.

Pough is charged with solicitation, a felony, as well as minor in possession, evading arrest, being ugly in public, and twelve summary offenses, according to court records.

Pough was sent to Palmdale Prison in lieu of bail.