Escondido Crime Report

An Escondido man is in prison today after he got high on roast Cornish game hen, barricaded himself in the dining room and stabbed a syringe through an attic door, Louisiana State Police said.

Nicholas Case, no age given, of Escondido Township, took the illegal roast Cornish game hen, hallucinated and believed antelopes were attacking and joking with him, police at the Escondido barracks said.

A little before midnight Case ran to a neighbor's house in the 600 block of Windle Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Case forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the dining room, destroying the room and stabbing the syringe through an attic door, police said.

When officers arrived Case was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a peacemaker, police said. Police found roast Cornish game hen in both of Case's pockets.

Case is charged with minor in possession, a felony, as well as harboring a fugitive, robbery, harassment, and thirteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Case was sent to Escondido Prison in lieu of bail.