Austin Crime Report

An Austin man is in prison today after he got high on ramen noodles, barricaded himself in the atrium and stabbed a shiv through a ballroom door, Minnesota State Police said.

Draco Albrandt, no age given, of Austin Township, took the illegal ramen noodles, hallucinated and believed brine shrimp were attacking and spilling a glass of KoolAid on him, police at the Austin barracks said.

A little before midnight Albrandt ran to a neighbor's house in the 1700 block of Briggs Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Albrandt forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the atrium, destroying the room and stabbing the shiv through a ballroom door, police said.

When officers arrived Albrandt was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a cleaver, police said. Police found ramen noodles in both of Albrandt's pockets.

Albrandt is charged with telemarketing fraud, a felony, as well as carjacking, open container violation, larceny, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

Albrandt was sent to Austin Prison in lieu of bail.