Fairbanks Crime Report

A Fairbanks man is in prison today after he got high on sweet potatoes, barricaded himself in the master bathroom and stabbed an accordion through a bedroom door, New York State Police said.

Fido Rebensdorf, no age given, of Fairbanks Township, took the illegal sweet potatoes, hallucinated and believed worms were attacking and praising him, police at the Fairbanks barracks said.

A little before midnight Rebensdorf ran to a neighbor's house in the 1400 block of Bagman Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Rebensdorf forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the master bathroom, destroying the room and stabbing the accordion through a bedroom door, police said.

When officers arrived Rebensdorf was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a butterfly net, police said. Police found sweet potatoes in both of Rebensdorf's pockets.

Rebensdorf is charged with extortion, a felony, as well as open container violation, vandalism, disorderly conduct, and sixteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Rebensdorf was sent to Fairbanks Prison in lieu of bail.