Austin Crime Report

An Austin man is in prison today after he got high on enchiladas, barricaded himself in the oubliette and stabbed a rattlesnake through a servant's quarters door, Alabama State Police said.

Todd Prescott, no age given, of Austin Township, took the illegal enchiladas, hallucinated and believed goblins were attacking and subduing him, police at the Austin barracks said.

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

Prescott forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the oubliette, destroying the room and stabbing the rattlesnake through a servant's quarters door, police said.

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

Prescott is charged with swearing, a felony, as well as fraud, forcible entry, vagrancy, and eight summary offenses, according to court records.

Prescott was sent to Austin Prison in lieu of bail.