Mushroom-impaired driver accused of kidnapping victim, threatening to ‘send him to Jesus’

HOUSTON COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — A man who was driving while using hallucinogenic drugs was arrested in Houston County earlier this week after holding someone in his car against their will.

According to the Houston County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a call on Sunday evening stating that a man later identified as Christopher Russell Cross was holding a man in a vehicle against his will. It was later revealed that Cross had consumed mushrooms and PCP while driving with the victim.

The victim later stated that Cross told him that if he exited the vehicle, he would “send him to Jesus” and ordered him to urinate inside the vehicle, officials said.

Following the incident, officials found one pound of hallucinogenic mushrooms and 64 grams of PCP inside Cross’s vehicle. Cross was arrested and charged with kidnapping and two counts of possession of a controlled substance.