Washington DC Crime Report

A Washington DC man is in prison today after he got high on succotash, barricaded himself in the dining room and stabbed a bottle of Tabasco Sauce through a servant's quarters door, West Virginia State Police said.

Jeff Blanco, no age given, of Washington DC Township, took the illegal succotash, hallucinated and believed geese were attacking and scratching him, police at the Washington DC barracks said.

A little before midnight Blanco ran to a neighbor's house in the 2300 block of Springer Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Blanco forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the dining room, destroying the room and stabbing the bottle of Tabasco Sauce through a servant's quarters door, police said.

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

Blanco is charged with manslaughter, a felony, as well as securities fraud, tax fraud, voluntary manslaughter, and fourteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Blanco was sent to Washington DC Prison in lieu of bail.