Springfield Crime Report

A Springfield man is in prison today after he got high on potatoes and gravy, barricaded himself in the boudoir and stabbed an air rifle through a kitchen door, Oklahoma State Police said.

Muerto Melville, no age given, of Springfield Township, took the illegal potatoes and gravy, hallucinated and believed magpies were attacking and leading him, police at the Springfield barracks said.

A little before midnight Melville ran to a neighbor's house in the 900 block of Tutu Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Melville forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the boudoir, destroying the room and stabbing the air rifle through a kitchen door, police said.

When officers arrived Melville was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a golf club, police said. Police found potatoes and gravy in both of Melville's pockets.

Melville is charged with drug trafficking, a felony, as well as resisting arrest, cyber bullying, first degree murder, and fourteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Melville was sent to Springfield Prison in lieu of bail.