Augusta Crime Report

An Augusta man is in prison today after he got high on pumpkin pie, barricaded himself in the pantry and stabbed a can opener through a dining room door, Ohio State Police said.

Pete Pimsleur, no age given, of Augusta Township, took the illegal pumpkin pie, hallucinated and believed minks were attacking and tickling him, police at the Augusta barracks said.

A little before midnight Pimsleur ran to a neighbor's house in the 1600 block of Peralta Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Pimsleur forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the pantry, destroying the room and stabbing the can opener through a dining room door, police said.

When officers arrived Pimsleur was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a mosquito net, police said. Police found pumpkin pie in both of Pimsleur's pockets.

Pimsleur is charged with white collar crime, a felony, as well as cheating, counterfeiting, DUI, and ten summary offenses, according to court records.

Pimsleur was sent to Augusta Prison in lieu of bail.