Birmingham Crime Report

A Birmingham man is in prison today after he got high on hamburgers, barricaded himself in the attic and stabbed a handful of dirt through a bedroom door, Oregon State Police said.

White Cloud Patterson, no age given, of Birmingham Township, took the illegal hamburgers, hallucinated and believed tsetse flies were attacking and spanking him, police at the Birmingham barracks said.

A little before midnight Patterson ran to a neighbor's house in the 900 block of Dingwell Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Patterson forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the attic, destroying the room and stabbing the handful of dirt through a bedroom door, police said.

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

Patterson is charged with involuntary manslaughter, a felony, as well as DWAI, forgery, white collar crime, and eighteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Patterson was sent to Birmingham Prison in lieu of bail.