According to a Melbourne police report, Crowder, 41, was spotted by witnesses running naked through a Melbourne neighborhood, yelling that he was a god before committing a sexual act on a tree
A man who allegedly had sex with a tree, told police officers he was God, shrugged off being tasered twice and tried to stab a cop with his own badge while on powerful drugs has been arrested.
Kenneth Crowder, of Melbourne, Florida, was tripping on flakka, a worrying new drug that authorities say is sweeping the state, police said.
According to a Melbourne police report, Crowder, 41, was spotted by witnesses running naked through a Melbourne neighborhood, yelling that he was a god before committing a sexual act on a tree.
A Melbourne police officer went to the area and confronted Crowder, who was wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt, officials said.
Crowder walked toward the officer in an aggressive manner and identified himself as God, according to police.
The officer used a Taser on Crowder, but he pulled the probes out of his body and continued to advance, it was said.
Crowder was shocked a second time, but he again pulled out the probes and went at the officer with clenched fists, police told TV news station NBC 6.
The officer punched Crowder in the face and a fight ensued, with Crowder saying that he was Thor (a Norse god, or perhaps the superhero) and trying to stab the officer with the officer's badge, police said.
Other officers arrived and helped subdue Crowder.
He was arrested on charges of battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting with violence and assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer.
Flakka is the a variation of synthetic substances known as bath salts and delivers a cheap, powerful high while acting as an amphetamine.
The drug can be snorted, smoked or swallowed and can cause violent behaviour, officials said.
A witness who saw the incident told NBC 6 Crowder appeared to have “superhuman strength”.
Amanda Davenport said: “He kept getting up, he came after the cop and picked him up and threw him.”
Crowder, whose mugshot shows him with a black eye, was booked into the Brevard County Jail Complex.
He later posted bond and was released. In 2011, federal authorities banned a number of the chemicals used in bath salts.
The active ingredient in flakka, however, has not yet been banned.
"We have spoken to some medical professionals here and they are starting to see an increase in its use (in Brevard County)," Melbourne police spokesman Dan Lynch said.
"It's already in South Florida, and we think it's coming here."