Addis Ababa Crime Report

An Addis Ababa man is in prison today after he got high on dry toast, barricaded himself in the bedroom and stabbed a bottle of Tabasco Sauce through a den door, Rhode Island State Police said.

Waldo Lord, no age given, of Addis Ababa Township, took the illegal dry toast, hallucinated and believed newts were attacking and frying him, police at the Addis Ababa barracks said.

A little before midnight Lord ran to a neighbor's house in the 700 block of Papadopoulos Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Lord forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the bedroom, destroying the room and stabbing the bottle of Tabasco Sauce through a den door, police said.

When officers arrived Lord was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a water balloon, police said. Police found dry toast in both of Lord's pockets.

Lord is charged with embezzlement, a felony, as well as fashion faux-pas, solicitation, involuntary manslaughter, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

Lord was sent to Addis Ababa Prison in lieu of bail.