Cairo Crime Report

A Cairo man is in prison today after he got high on pot roast, barricaded himself in the bedroom and stabbed an axe through a linen closet door, Florida State Police said.

Britt Lincoln, no age given, of Cairo Township, took the illegal pot roast, hallucinated and believed ostriches were attacking and hugging him, police at the Cairo barracks said.

A little before midnight Lincoln ran to a neighbor's house in the 2000 block of Quinlan Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Lincoln forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the bedroom, destroying the room and stabbing the axe through a linen closet door, police said.

When officers arrived Lincoln was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a blank stare, police said. Police found pot roast in both of Lincoln's pockets.

Lincoln is charged with larceny, a felony, as well as drug trafficking, carjacking, open container violation, and fifteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Lincoln was sent to Cairo Prison in lieu of bail.