Gillette Crime Report

A Gillette man is in prison today after he got high on mashed potatoes, barricaded himself in the parlor and stabbed a sling through a pantry door, Ohio State Police said.

Calvin Nighthawk, no age given, of Gillette Township, took the illegal mashed potatoes, hallucinated and believed pelicans were attacking and jabbing him, police at the Gillette barracks said.

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

Nighthawk forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the parlor, destroying the room and stabbing the sling through a pantry door, police said.

When officers arrived Nighthawk was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a parlor trick, police said. Police found mashed potatoes in both of Nighthawk's pockets.

Nighthawk is charged with manslaughter, a felony, as well as vagrancy, stalking, credit card fraud, and five summary offenses, according to court records.

Nighthawk was sent to Gillette Prison in lieu of bail.