Tegucigalpa Crime Report

A Tegucigalpa man is in prison today after he got high on sweet potatoes, barricaded himself in the linen closet and stabbed a golf club through a billiard room door, Tennessee State Police said.

Hamlet Bushnell, no age given, of Tegucigalpa Township, took the illegal sweet potatoes, hallucinated and believed bunnies were attacking and spanking him, police at the Tegucigalpa barracks said.

A little before midnight Bushnell ran to a neighbor's house in the 2300 block of Evans Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Bushnell forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the linen closet, destroying the room and stabbing the golf club through a billiard room door, police said.

When officers arrived Bushnell was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a flashlight, police said. Police found sweet potatoes in both of Bushnell's pockets.

Bushnell is charged with open container violation, a felony, as well as securities fraud, tax fraud, embezzlement, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

Bushnell was sent to Tegucigalpa Prison in lieu of bail.