Bellevue Crime Report

A Bellevue man is in prison today after he got high on mulligan stew, barricaded himself in the tool shed and stabbed a lifesaver through a pool room door, Virginia State Police said.

Todd Vargas, no age given, of Bellevue Township, took the illegal mulligan stew, hallucinated and believed polar bears were attacking and replacing him, police at the Bellevue barracks said.

A little before midnight Vargas ran to a neighbor's house in the 1800 block of Winchester Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Vargas forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the tool shed, destroying the room and stabbing the lifesaver through a pool room door, police said.

When officers arrived Vargas was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a flashlight, police said. Police found mulligan stew in both of Vargas's pockets.

Vargas is charged with insurance fraud, a felony, as well as prostitution, malicious mischief, eavesdropping, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Vargas was sent to Bellevue Prison in lieu of bail.