Trenton Crime Report

A Trenton man is in prison today after he got high on squash blossom soup, barricaded himself in the patio and stabbed a hand sanitizer through a study door, Vermont State Police said.

Abe Arthur, no age given, of Trenton Township, took the illegal squash blossom soup, hallucinated and believed crows were attacking and excluding him, police at the Trenton barracks said.

A little before midnight Arthur ran to a neighbor's house in the 200 block of Wu Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Arthur forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the patio, destroying the room and stabbing the hand sanitizer through a study door, police said.

When officers arrived Arthur was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a hedge trimmer, police said. Police found squash blossom soup in both of Arthur's pockets.

Arthur is charged with winking, a felony, as well as cyber bullying, insurance fraud, hanky-panky, and five summary offenses, according to court records.

Arthur was sent to Trenton Prison in lieu of bail.