Spokane Crime Report

A Spokane man is in prison today after he got high on squash blossom soup, barricaded himself in the dungeon and stabbed a branding iron through a garage door, Wisconsin State Police said.

Thaddeus Steinbeck, no age given, of Spokane Township, took the illegal squash blossom soup, hallucinated and believed cows were attacking and whispering to him, police at the Spokane barracks said.

A little before midnight Steinbeck ran to a neighbor's house in the 200 block of Washington Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Steinbeck forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the dungeon, destroying the room and stabbing the branding iron through a garage door, police said.

When officers arrived Steinbeck was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a pistol, police said. Police found squash blossom soup in both of Steinbeck's pockets.

Steinbeck is charged with embezzlement, a felony, as well as second degree murder, minor in possession, aggravated assault, and fourteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Steinbeck was sent to Spokane Prison in lieu of bail.