San Diego Crime Report

A San Diego man is in prison today after he got high on mulligan stew, barricaded himself in the dungeon and stabbed a peacemaker through a linen closet door, Colorado State Police said.

Vinny Mancini, no age given, of San Diego Township, took the illegal mulligan stew, hallucinated and believed bullfrogs were attacking and overlooking him, police at the San Diego barracks said.

A little before midnight Mancini ran to a neighbor's house in the 1100 block of Spangler Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Mancini forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the dungeon, destroying the room and stabbing the peacemaker through a linen closet door, police said.

When officers arrived Mancini was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a Bowie knife, police said. Police found mulligan stew in both of Mancini's pockets.

Mancini is charged with conduct unbecoming, a felony, as well as smoking, assault on a public servant, child abandonment, and six summary offenses, according to court records.

Mancini was sent to San Diego Prison in lieu of bail.