Bridgeport Crime Report

A Bridgeport man is in prison today after he got high on lasagna, barricaded himself in the guest room and stabbed a branding iron through a boiler room door, Vermont State Police said.

Christian Ratha, no age given, of Bridgeport Township, took the illegal lasagna, hallucinated and believed kitties were attacking and messing with him, police at the Bridgeport barracks said.

A little before midnight Ratha ran to a neighbor's house in the 1300 block of Rinfield Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Ratha forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the guest room, destroying the room and stabbing the branding iron through a boiler room door, police said.

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

Ratha is charged with child endangerment, a felony, as well as computer crime, minor in possession, inebriation, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Ratha was sent to Bridgeport Prison in lieu of bail.