Milwaukee Crime Report

A Milwaukee man is in prison today after he got high on lasagna, barricaded himself in the parlor and stabbed a soldering iron through a basement door, Virgin Islands State Police said.

Newton Goldberg, no age given, of Milwaukee Township, took the illegal lasagna, hallucinated and believed groundhogs were attacking and mocking him, police at the Milwaukee barracks said.

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

Goldberg forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the parlor, destroying the room and stabbing the soldering iron through a basement door, police said.

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

Goldberg is charged with putting the thumb to the nose, a felony, as well as malicious mischief, arson, aiding and abetting, and three summary offenses, according to court records.

Goldberg was sent to Milwaukee Prison in lieu of bail.