Brisbane Crime Report

A Brisbane man is in prison today after he got high on biscuits and gravy, barricaded himself in the closet and stabbed a can of Raid through a nursery door, Puerto Rico State Police said.

Lester Barker, no age given, of Brisbane Township, took the illegal biscuits and gravy, hallucinated and believed sloths were attacking and poking him, police at the Brisbane barracks said.

A little before midnight Barker ran to a neighbor's house in the 1600 block of Yastremski Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Barker forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the closet, destroying the room and stabbing the can of Raid through a nursery door, police said.

When officers arrived Barker was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a howitzer, police said. Police found biscuits and gravy in both of Barker's pockets.

Barker is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, a felony, as well as fabrication of evidence, credit card fraud, voluntary manslaughter, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.

Barker was sent to Brisbane Prison in lieu of bail.