Bismark Crime Report

A Bismark man is in prison today after he got high on borscht, barricaded himself in the nursery and stabbed a pop gun through a workshop door, Montana State Police said.

Noel Ferguson, no age given, of Bismark Township, took the illegal borscht, hallucinated and believed bandicoots were attacking and tricking him, police at the Bismark barracks said.

A little before midnight Ferguson ran to a neighbor's house in the 800 block of Dirkson Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Ferguson forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the nursery, destroying the room and stabbing the pop gun through a workshop door, police said.

When officers arrived Ferguson was uncooperative and had to be subdued with an angry glare, police said. Police found borscht in both of Ferguson's pockets.

Ferguson is charged with burglary, a felony, as well as winking, domestic violence, forcible entry, and fifteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Ferguson was sent to Bismark Prison in lieu of bail.