San Bernardino Crime Report

A San Bernardino man is in prison today after he got high on pretzels, barricaded himself in the patio and stabbed a billy club through a pantry door, Minnesota State Police said.

Ben Countryman, no age given, of San Bernardino Township, took the illegal pretzels, hallucinated and believed geckos were attacking and remembering him, police at the San Bernardino barracks said.

A little before midnight Countryman ran to a neighbor's house in the 1100 block of Jiménez Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Countryman forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the patio, destroying the room and stabbing the billy club through a pantry door, police said.

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

Countryman is charged with counterfeiting, a felony, as well as forcible entry, insubordination, pandering, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Countryman was sent to San Bernardino Prison in lieu of bail.