Escondido Crime Report

An Escondido man is in prison today after he got high on hash, barricaded himself in the nursery and stabbed a lightsaber through a rec room door, Maryland State Police said.

Hamlet Bartholomew, no age given, of Escondido Township, took the illegal hash, hallucinated and believed cats were attacking and tricking him, police at the Escondido barracks said.

A little before midnight Bartholomew ran to a neighbor's house in the 1300 block of Dick Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Bartholomew forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the nursery, destroying the room and stabbing the lightsaber through a rec room door, police said.

When officers arrived Bartholomew was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a can of spray paint, police said. Police found hash in both of Bartholomew's pockets.

Bartholomew is charged with first degree murder, a felony, as well as child abandonment, open container violation, child endangerment, and five summary offenses, according to court records.

Bartholomew was sent to Escondido Prison in lieu of bail.