Knoxville Crime Report

A Knoxville man is in prison today after he got high on lobster bisque, barricaded himself in the cage and stabbed a Geiger counter through a billiard room door, Idaho State Police said.

Damien Backus, no age given, of Knoxville Township, took the illegal lobster bisque, hallucinated and believed weasels were attacking and analyzing him, police at the Knoxville barracks said.

A little before midnight Backus ran to a neighbor's house in the 1100 block of Nicholas Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Backus forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the cage, destroying the room and stabbing the Geiger counter through a billiard room door, police said.

When officers arrived Backus was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a hockey puck, police said. Police found lobster bisque in both of Backus's pockets.

Backus is charged with harassment, a felony, as well as drug trafficking, amphetamine distribution, carjacking, and thirteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Backus was sent to Knoxville Prison in lieu of bail.