Hastings Crime Report

A Hastings man is in prison today after he got high on roast turkey, barricaded himself in the workshop and stabbed a Molotov cocktail through a guest room door, Iowa State Police said.

Douglas Greenside, no age given, of Hastings Township, took the illegal roast turkey, hallucinated and believed ducks were attacking and deceiving him, police at the Hastings barracks said.

A little before midnight Greenside ran to a neighbor's house in the 1500 block of Shelby Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Greenside forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the workshop, destroying the room and stabbing the Molotov cocktail through a guest room door, police said.

When officers arrived Greenside was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a bottle of Tabasco Sauce, police said. Police found roast turkey in both of Greenside's pockets.

Greenside is charged with minor in possession, a felony, as well as abuse of authority, arson, espionage, and five summary offenses, according to court records.

Greenside was sent to Hastings Prison in lieu of bail.