Richmond Crime Report

A Richmond man is in prison today after he got high on burritos, barricaded himself in the study and stabbed a shotgun through a boiler room door, Rhode Island State Police said.

Jürgen Van Bloom, no age given, of Richmond Township, took the illegal burritos, hallucinated and believed beetles were attacking and biting him, police at the Richmond barracks said.

A little before midnight Van Bloom ran to a neighbor's house in the 2200 block of Thurman Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Van Bloom forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the study, destroying the room and stabbing the shotgun through a boiler room door, police said.

When officers arrived Van Bloom was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a billy club, police said. Police found burritos in both of Van Bloom's pockets.

Van Bloom is charged with second degree murder, a felony, as well as amphetamine distribution, contempt of court, vagrancy, and seventeen summary offenses, according to court records.

Van Bloom was sent to Richmond Prison in lieu of bail.