Austin Crime Report

An Austin man is in prison today after he got high on lobster bisque, barricaded himself in the servant's quarters and stabbed a pillow through a rec room door, Mississippi State Police said.

Butch Cheetham, no age given, of Austin Township, took the illegal lobster bisque, hallucinated and believed wallabies were attacking and irritating him, police at the Austin barracks said.

A little before midnight Cheetham ran to a neighbor's house in the 700 block of Richter Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Cheetham forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the servant's quarters, destroying the room and stabbing the pillow through a rec room door, police said.

When officers arrived Cheetham was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a Geiger counter, police said. Police found lobster bisque in both of Cheetham's pockets.

Cheetham is charged with resisting arrest, a felony, as well as white collar crime, child endangerment, indecent exposure, and five summary offenses, according to court records.

Cheetham was sent to Austin Prison in lieu of bail.