Bismark Crime Report

A Bismark man is in prison today after he got high on roast turkey, barricaded himself in the oubliette and stabbed a BB gun through a family room door, Virginia State Police said.

Tracy Tuttle, no age given, of Bismark Township, took the illegal roast turkey, hallucinated and believed banana slugs were attacking and befuddling him, police at the Bismark barracks said.

A little before midnight Tuttle ran to a neighbor's house in the 2400 block of Vickers Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Tuttle forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the oubliette, destroying the room and stabbing the BB gun through a family room door, police said.

When officers arrived Tuttle was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a billy club, police said. Police found roast turkey in both of Tuttle's pockets.

Tuttle is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, a felony, as well as child abuse, homicide, forgery, and eleven summary offenses, according to court records.

Tuttle was sent to Bismark Prison in lieu of bail.