Avonlea Crime Report

An Avonlea man is in prison today after he got high on catfish stew, barricaded himself in the closet and stabbed a butcher knife through a boiler room door, Alabama State Police said.

Nils Osaka, no age given, of Avonlea Township, took the illegal catfish stew, hallucinated and believed beagles were attacking and quieting him, police at the Avonlea barracks said.

A little before midnight Osaka ran to a neighbor's house in the 800 block of Weston Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Osaka forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the closet, destroying the room and stabbing the butcher knife through a boiler room door, police said.

When officers arrived Osaka was uncooperative and had to be subdued with an automatic rifle, police said. Police found catfish stew in both of Osaka's pockets.

Osaka is charged with mayhem, a felony, as well as lewd conduct, assault on a public servant, DWAI, and thirteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Osaka was sent to Avonlea Prison in lieu of bail.