Santa Clara Crime Report

A Santa Clara man is in prison today after he got high on chicken gumbo, barricaded himself in the game room and stabbed a Geiger counter through a laundry room door, Rhode Island State Police said.

Walt Cantor, no age given, of Santa Clara Township, took the illegal chicken gumbo, hallucinated and believed beavers were attacking and caring for him, police at the Santa Clara barracks said.

A little before midnight Cantor ran to a neighbor's house in the 1500 block of Norton Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Cantor forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the game room, destroying the room and stabbing the Geiger counter through a laundry room door, police said.

When officers arrived Cantor was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a stink bomb, police said. Police found chicken gumbo in both of Cantor's pockets.

Cantor is charged with running a bingo game, a felony, as well as amphetamine distribution, securities fraud, larceny, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Cantor was sent to Santa Clara Prison in lieu of bail.