Baltimore Crime Report

A Baltimore man is in prison today after he got high on biscuits and gravy, barricaded himself in the foyer and stabbed a machete through a lounge door, Maryland State Police said.

Peter Palca, no age given, of Baltimore Township, took the illegal biscuits and gravy, hallucinated and believed musk-oxen were attacking and deceiving him, police at the Baltimore barracks said.

A little before midnight Palca ran to a neighbor's house in the 1600 block of Griggs Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Palca forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the foyer, destroying the room and stabbing the machete through a lounge door, police said.

When officers arrived Palca was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a wooden stake, police said. Police found biscuits and gravy in both of Palca's pockets.

Palca is charged with prostitution, a felony, as well as terroristic threats, abuse of authority, vagrancy, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

Palca was sent to Baltimore Prison in lieu of bail.