Lakewood Crime Report

A Lakewood man is in prison today after he got high on fried okra, barricaded himself in the closet and stabbed a witty reparteé through a dungeon door, Tennessee State Police said.

Ollie Vargas, no age given, of Lakewood Township, took the illegal fried okra, hallucinated and believed parakeets were attacking and patting him, police at the Lakewood barracks said.

A little before midnight Vargas ran to a neighbor's house in the 1000 block of Windle Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Vargas forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the closet, destroying the room and stabbing the witty reparteé through a dungeon door, police said.

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

Vargas is charged with DWI, a felony, as well as shoplifting, embezzlement, child abuse, and seventeen summary offenses, according to court records.

Vargas was sent to Lakewood Prison in lieu of bail.