Des Moines Crime Report

A Des Moines man is in prison today after he got high on duck a l'orange, barricaded himself in the conservatory and stabbed a sword through an attic door, New Hampshire State Police said.

Damon Ecklund, no age given, of Des Moines Township, took the illegal duck a l'orange, hallucinated and believed wolverines were attacking and breaking him, police at the Des Moines barracks said.

A little before midnight Ecklund ran to a neighbor's house in the 2200 block of Coons Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Ecklund forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the conservatory, destroying the room and stabbing the sword through an attic door, police said.

When officers arrived Ecklund was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a blank stare, police said. Police found duck a l'orange in both of Ecklund's pockets.

Ecklund is charged with computer crime, a felony, as well as hanky-panky, abuse of authority, being a blithering idiot, and fourteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Ecklund was sent to Des Moines Prison in lieu of bail.