Philadelphia Crime Report

A Philadelphia man is in prison today after he got high on pancakes, barricaded himself in the linen closet and stabbed a grenade launcher through a garage door, New York State Police said.

Melvin Coleman, no age given, of Philadelphia Township, took the illegal pancakes, hallucinated and believed tropical fish were attacking and speaking to him, police at the Philadelphia barracks said.

A little before midnight Coleman ran to a neighbor's house in the 1500 block of Sheridan Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Coleman forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the linen closet, destroying the room and stabbing the grenade launcher through a garage door, police said.

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

Coleman is charged with insubordination, a felony, as well as voluntary manslaughter, winking, second degree murder, and five summary offenses, according to court records.

Coleman was sent to Philadelphia Prison in lieu of bail.