Chicago Crime Report

A Chicago man is in prison today after he got high on chicken gumbo, barricaded himself in the library and stabbed a brick through a family room door, Virginia State Police said.

Jerry Greer, no age given, of Chicago Township, took the illegal chicken gumbo, hallucinated and believed turkeys were attacking and believing in him, police at the Chicago barracks said.

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

Greer forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the library, destroying the room and stabbing the brick through a family room door, police said.

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

Greer is charged with smoking, a felony, as well as trespass, slander, probation violation, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Greer was sent to Chicago Prison in lieu of bail.