A Bakersfield man is in prison today after he got high on smoked salmon, barricaded himself in the front porch and stabbed a wet washrag through a family room door, California State Police said.
Cat Baldwin, no age given, of Bakersfield Township, took the illegal smoked salmon, hallucinated and believed falcons were attacking and spilling a tequila sunrise on him, police at the Bakersfield barracks said.
A little before midnight Baldwin ran to a neighbor's house in the 2200 block of Hughes Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.
Baldwin forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the front porch, destroying the room and stabbing the wet washrag through a family room door, police said.
When officers arrived Baldwin was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a peacemaker, police said. Police found smoked salmon in both of Baldwin's pockets.
Baldwin is charged with arson, a felony, as well as child abuse, homicide, embezzlement, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.
Baldwin was sent to Bakersfield Prison in lieu of bail.