Tempe Crime Report

A Tempe man is in prison today after he got high on egg rolls, barricaded himself in the dining room and stabbed an iPod through a front porch door, Iowa State Police said.

Rodney Iliescu, no age given, of Tempe Township, took the illegal egg rolls, hallucinated and believed geckos were attacking and needling him, police at the Tempe barracks said.

A little before midnight Iliescu ran to a neighbor's house in the 1600 block of Hayes Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Iliescu forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the dining room, destroying the room and stabbing the iPod through a front porch door, police said.

When officers arrived Iliescu was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a butterfly net, police said. Police found egg rolls in both of Iliescu's pockets.

Iliescu is charged with identity theft, a felony, as well as prostitution, prostitution, conspiracy, and twelve summary offenses, according to court records.

Iliescu was sent to Tempe Prison in lieu of bail.