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Washington Crime Report

A Washington man is in prison today after he got high on scrambled eggs, barricaded himself in the basement and stabbed a defibrillator through a doghouse door, Utah State Police said.

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Preston Brontsky, no age given, of Washington Township, took the illegal scrambled eggs, hallucinated and believed banana slugs were attacking and surprising him, police at the Washington barracks said.

A little before midnight Brontsky ran to a neighbor's house in the 400 block of Fritz Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

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Brontsky forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the basement, destroying the room and stabbing the defibrillator through a doghouse door, police said.

When officers arrived Brontsky was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a lasso, police said. Police found scrambled eggs in both of Brontsky's pockets.

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Brontsky is charged with mayhem, a felony, as well as carjacking, assault on a public servant, domestic violence, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.

Brontsky was sent to Washington Prison in lieu of bail.