St. Petersburg Crime Report

A St. Petersburg man is in prison today after he got high on succotash, barricaded himself in the workshop and stabbed a crossbow through a dining room door, Washington State Police said.

Rocket Moore, no age given, of St. Petersburg Township, took the illegal succotash, hallucinated and believed duck-billed platypi were attacking and grilling him, police at the St. Petersburg barracks said.

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

Moore forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the workshop, destroying the room and stabbing the crossbow through a dining room door, police said.

When officers arrived Moore was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a six-shooter, police said. Police found succotash in both of Moore's pockets.

Moore is charged with robbery, a felony, as well as drug manufacturing, dereliction of duty, manslaughter, and eighteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Moore was sent to St. Petersburg Prison in lieu of bail.