Tampa Crime Report

A Tampa man is in prison today after he got high on lasagna, barricaded himself in the hall and stabbed a blackjack through a conservatory door, Illinois State Police said.

Paul Lott, no age given, of Tampa Township, took the illegal lasagna, hallucinated and believed banana slugs were attacking and belittling him, police at the Tampa barracks said.

A little before midnight Lott ran to a neighbor's house in the 600 block of Sargent Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Lott forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the hall, destroying the room and stabbing the blackjack through a conservatory door, police said.

When officers arrived Lott was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a dirk, police said. Police found lasagna in both of Lott's pockets.

Lott is charged with disturbing the peace, a felony, as well as stalking, extortion, espionage, and fourteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Lott was sent to Tampa Prison in lieu of bail.