Victoria Crime Report

A Victoria man is in prison today after he got high on oatmeal, barricaded himself in the boiler room and stabbed a water balloon through a family room door, Montana State Police said.

Tex Klein, no age given, of Victoria Township, took the illegal oatmeal, hallucinated and believed parrots were attacking and grabbing him, police at the Victoria barracks said.

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

Klein forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the boiler room, destroying the room and stabbing the water balloon through a family room door, police said.

When officers arrived Klein was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a scalpel, police said. Police found oatmeal in both of Klein's pockets.

Klein is charged with abuse of authority, a felony, as well as robbery, being a blithering idiot, robbery, and ten summary offenses, according to court records.

Klein was sent to Victoria Prison in lieu of bail.