Tacoma Crime Report

A Tacoma man is in prison today after he got high on jambalaya, barricaded himself in the rec room and stabbed a howitzer through a den door, Maine State Police said.

Lester Kraft, no age given, of Tacoma Township, took the illegal jambalaya, hallucinated and believed deer were attacking and snuggling with him, police at the Tacoma barracks said.

A little before midnight Kraft ran to a neighbor's house in the 1800 block of Fretwell Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Kraft forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the rec room, destroying the room and stabbing the howitzer through a den door, police said.

When officers arrived Kraft was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a roll of duct tape, police said. Police found jambalaya in both of Kraft's pockets.

Kraft is charged with stalking, a felony, as well as theft, pyramid schemes, identity theft, and eight summary offenses, according to court records.

Kraft was sent to Tacoma Prison in lieu of bail.