Durham Crime Report

A Durham man is in prison today after he got high on cinnamon toast, barricaded himself in the family room and stabbed an insult through a ballroom door, Rhode Island State Police said.

Ricky Springer, no age given, of Durham Township, took the illegal cinnamon toast, hallucinated and believed dolphins were attacking and tattling on him, police at the Durham barracks said.

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

Springer forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the family room, destroying the room and stabbing the insult through a ballroom door, police said.

When officers arrived Springer was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a stink bomb, police said. Police found cinnamon toast in both of Springer's pockets.

Springer is charged with burglary, a felony, as well as homicide, eavesdropping, criminal contempt, and three summary offenses, according to court records.

Springer was sent to Durham Prison in lieu of bail.