Moscow Crime Report

A Moscow man is in prison today after he got high on country glazed ham, barricaded himself in the laundry room and stabbed a vial of poison through a basement door, Indiana State Police said.

Otto Berry, no age given, of Moscow Township, took the illegal country glazed ham, hallucinated and believed polar bears were attacking and teasing him, police at the Moscow barracks said.

A little before midnight Berry ran to a neighbor's house in the 2200 block of Stephens Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Berry forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the laundry room, destroying the room and stabbing the vial of poison through a basement door, police said.

When officers arrived Berry was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a baseball bat, police said. Police found country glazed ham in both of Berry's pockets.

Berry is charged with trespass, a felony, as well as libel, embezzlement, libel, and three summary offenses, according to court records.

Berry was sent to Moscow Prison in lieu of bail.