Baghdad Crime Report

A Baghdad man is in prison today after he got high on squash blossom soup, barricaded himself in the game room and stabbed a catheter through a den door, Rhode Island State Police said.

Brent Adler, no age given, of Baghdad Township, took the illegal squash blossom soup, hallucinated and believed pandas were attacking and leading him, police at the Baghdad barracks said.

A little before midnight Adler ran to a neighbor's house in the 200 block of Ming Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Adler forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the game room, destroying the room and stabbing the catheter through a den door, police said.

When officers arrived Adler was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a BB gun, police said. Police found squash blossom soup in both of Adler's pockets.

Adler is charged with burglary, a felony, as well as drug possession, trespass, grave robbery, and eight summary offenses, according to court records.

Adler was sent to Baghdad Prison in lieu of bail.