Lexington Crime Report

A Lexington man is in prison today after he got high on ice cream, barricaded himself in the pool room and stabbed a can of spray paint through an attic door, Tennessee State Police said.

Bart Custer, no age given, of Lexington Township, took the illegal ice cream, hallucinated and believed polecats were attacking and licking him, police at the Lexington barracks said.

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

Custer forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the pool room, destroying the room and stabbing the can of spray paint through an attic door, police said.

When officers arrived Custer was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a peacemaker, police said. Police found ice cream in both of Custer's pockets.

Custer is charged with child abandonment, a felony, as well as bribery, vandalism, grave robbery, and eleven summary offenses, according to court records.

Custer was sent to Lexington Prison in lieu of bail.