Portland Crime Report

A Portland man is in prison today after he got high on chicken soup, barricaded himself in the bedroom and stabbed a howitzer through a closet door, Virginia State Police said.

Shane Bluestein, no age given, of Portland Township, took the illegal chicken soup, hallucinated and believed orangutans were attacking and dancing with him, police at the Portland barracks said.

A little before midnight Bluestein ran to a neighbor's house in the 2400 block of Brandon Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Bluestein forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the bedroom, destroying the room and stabbing the howitzer through a closet door, police said.

When officers arrived Bluestein was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a catheter, police said. Police found chicken soup in both of Bluestein's pockets.

Bluestein is charged with assault on a public servant, a felony, as well as eavesdropping, forcible entry, drug manufacturing, and seventeen summary offenses, according to court records.

Bluestein was sent to Portland Prison in lieu of bail.