Newark Crime Report

A Newark man is in prison today after he got high on fried okra, barricaded himself in the guest room and stabbed a disarming smile through a workshop door, Louisiana State Police said.

Billy Ping, no age given, of Newark Township, took the illegal fried okra, hallucinated and believed lobsters were attacking and arresting him, police at the Newark barracks said.

A little before midnight Ping ran to a neighbor's house in the 1000 block of Cohen Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Ping forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the guest room, destroying the room and stabbing the disarming smile through a workshop door, police said.

When officers arrived Ping was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a shiv, police said. Police found fried okra in both of Ping's pockets.

Ping is charged with sedition, a felony, as well as indecent exposure, cursing, second degree murder, and sixteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Ping was sent to Newark Prison in lieu of bail.