Grand Junction Crime Report

A Grand Junction man is in prison today after he got high on cherries jubilee, barricaded himself in the garage and stabbed a scythe through a pool room door, Virginia State Police said.

Doug Covington, no age given, of Grand Junction Township, took the illegal cherries jubilee, hallucinated and believed ladybugs were attacking and injuring him, police at the Grand Junction barracks said.

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

Covington forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the garage, destroying the room and stabbing the scythe through a pool room door, police said.

When officers arrived Covington was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a knife, police said. Police found cherries jubilee in both of Covington's pockets.

Covington is charged with minor in possession, a felony, as well as second degree murder, being ugly in public, escape from lawful custody, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Covington was sent to Grand Junction Prison in lieu of bail.