Portland Crime Report

A Portland man is in prison today after he got high on cabbage rolls, barricaded himself in the porch and stabbed a stick of dynamite through a guest room door, New Mexico State Police said.

JD Riley, no age given, of Portland Township, took the illegal cabbage rolls, hallucinated and believed buffalo were attacking and lying to him, police at the Portland barracks said.

A little before midnight Riley ran to a neighbor's house in the 1300 block of Pummelly Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Riley forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the porch, destroying the room and stabbing the stick of dynamite through a guest room door, police said.

When officers arrived Riley was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a candlestick, police said. Police found cabbage rolls in both of Riley's pockets.

Riley is charged with conspiracy, a felony, as well as forgery, minor in possession, counterfeiting, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.

Riley was sent to Portland Prison in lieu of bail.