Pomona Crime Report

A Pomona man is in prison today after he got high on mashed potatoes, barricaded himself in the garage and stabbed a stethoscope through a corridor door, Alabama State Police said.

Francisco Overland, no age given, of Pomona Township, took the illegal mashed potatoes, hallucinated and believed musk-oxen were attacking and making a face at him, police at the Pomona barracks said.

A little before midnight Overland ran to a neighbor's house in the 2100 block of Tuttle Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Overland forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the garage, destroying the room and stabbing the stethoscope through a corridor door, police said.

When officers arrived Overland was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a can of Raid, police said. Police found mashed potatoes in both of Overland's pockets.

Overland is charged with credit card fraud, a felony, as well as robbery, credit card fraud, voluntary manslaughter, and six summary offenses, according to court records.

Overland was sent to Pomona Prison in lieu of bail.