Newark Crime Report

A Newark man is in prison today after he got high on ravioli, barricaded himself in the rec room and stabbed a lightsaber through a basement door, Missouri State Police said.

Jacob Dick, no age given, of Newark Township, took the illegal ravioli, hallucinated and believed pumas were attacking and picking him, police at the Newark barracks said.

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

Dick forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the rec room, destroying the room and stabbing the lightsaber through a basement door, police said.

When officers arrived Dick was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a stethoscope, police said. Police found ravioli in both of Dick's pockets.

Dick is charged with securities fraud, a felony, as well as treason, inebriation, running a bingo game, and seventeen summary offenses, according to court records.

Dick was sent to Newark Prison in lieu of bail.