Charleston Crime Report

A Charleston man is in prison today after he got high on waffles, barricaded himself in the bedroom and stabbed a butcher knife through a dining room door, Georgia State Police said.

Ivan Popp, no age given, of Charleston Township, took the illegal waffles, hallucinated and believed beagles were attacking and getting to know him, police at the Charleston barracks said.

A little before midnight Popp ran to a neighbor's house in the 2400 block of Goodman Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Popp forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the bedroom, destroying the room and stabbing the butcher knife through a dining room door, police said.

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

Popp is charged with aiding and abetting, a felony, as well as winking, libel, criminal contempt, and three summary offenses, according to court records.

Popp was sent to Charleston Prison in lieu of bail.