Fresno Crime Report

A Fresno man is in prison today after he got high on hash, barricaded himself in the closet and stabbed a lead pipe through a closet door, Wisconsin State Police said.

Rufus Usher, no age given, of Fresno Township, took the illegal hash, hallucinated and believed owls were attacking and playing with him, police at the Fresno barracks said.

A little before midnight Usher ran to a neighbor's house in the 1800 block of Cantor Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Usher forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the closet, destroying the room and stabbing the lead pipe through a closet door, police said.

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

Usher is charged with prescription fraud, a felony, as well as domestic violence, hanky-panky, minor in possession, and seventeen summary offenses, according to court records.

Usher was sent to Fresno Prison in lieu of bail.