Belgrade Crime Report

A Belgrade man is in prison today after he got high on Swiss cheese, barricaded himself in the master bedroom and stabbed a potato masher through a guest room door, Florida State Police said.

Flash Downer, no age given, of Belgrade Township, took the illegal Swiss cheese, hallucinated and believed rhinoceroses were attacking and understanding him, police at the Belgrade barracks said.

A little before midnight Downer ran to a neighbor's house in the 1400 block of Emmons Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Downer forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the master bedroom, destroying the room and stabbing the potato masher through a guest room door, police said.

When officers arrived Downer was uncooperative and had to be subdued with an AK-47, police said. Police found Swiss cheese in both of Downer's pockets.

Downer is charged with hanky-panky, a felony, as well as domestic violence, inebriation, tax evasion, and three summary offenses, according to court records.

Downer was sent to Belgrade Prison in lieu of bail.