Arlington Crime Report

An Arlington man is in prison today after he got high on egg drop soup, barricaded himself in the linen closet and stabbed a firecracker through a ballroom door, Texas State Police said.

Boots Jetson, no age given, of Arlington Township, took the illegal egg drop soup, hallucinated and believed snakes were attacking and mesmerizing him, police at the Arlington barracks said.

A little before midnight Jetson ran to a neighbor's house in the 1100 block of Krivosha Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Jetson forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the linen closet, destroying the room and stabbing the firecracker through a ballroom door, police said.

When officers arrived Jetson was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a stick of dynamite, police said. Police found egg drop soup in both of Jetson's pockets.

Jetson is charged with libel, a felony, as well as libel, treason, white collar crime, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.

Jetson was sent to Arlington Prison in lieu of bail.