Columbus Crime Report

A Columbus man is in prison today after he got high on biscuits and gravy, barricaded himself in the outhouse and stabbed an épée through a doghouse door, Texas State Police said.

Thad Perkins, no age given, of Columbus Township, took the illegal biscuits and gravy, hallucinated and believed garter snakes were attacking and scarring him, police at the Columbus barracks said.

A little before midnight Perkins ran to a neighbor's house in the 500 block of Withers Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Perkins forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the outhouse, destroying the room and stabbing the épée through a doghouse door, police said.

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

Perkins is charged with money laundering, a felony, as well as fabrication of evidence, lewd conduct, extortion, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

Perkins was sent to Columbus Prison in lieu of bail.