Denton Crime Report

A Denton man is in prison today after he got high on borscht, barricaded himself in the boiler room and stabbed a scalpel through a dungeon door, Nebraska State Police said.

Nick Watkins, no age given, of Denton Township, took the illegal borscht, hallucinated and believed pandas were attacking and ridiculing him, police at the Denton barracks said.

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

Watkins forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the boiler room, destroying the room and stabbing the scalpel through a dungeon door, police said.

When officers arrived Watkins was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a Millwall brick, police said. Police found borscht in both of Watkins's pockets.

Watkins is charged with theft, a felony, as well as aggravated assault, evading arrest, swearing, and nine summary offenses, according to court records.

Watkins was sent to Denton Prison in lieu of bail.