Bakersfield Crime Report

A Bakersfield man is in prison today after he got high on pizza, barricaded himself in the lounge and stabbed an air horn through a servant's quarters door, New York State Police said.

Terence Richards, no age given, of Bakersfield Township, took the illegal pizza, hallucinated and believed kitties were attacking and mesmerizing him, police at the Bakersfield barracks said.

A little before midnight Richards ran to a neighbor's house in the 500 block of Lord Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Richards forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the lounge, destroying the room and stabbing the air horn through a servant's quarters door, police said.

When officers arrived Richards was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a can of spray paint, police said. Police found pizza in both of Richards's pockets.

Richards is charged with lewd conduct, a felony, as well as being ugly in public, manslaughter, vagrancy, and nineteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Richards was sent to Bakersfield Prison in lieu of bail.