Casablanca Crime Report

A Casablanca man is in prison today after he got high on succotash, barricaded himself in the rec room and stabbed a poison dart through a study door, New York State Police said.

Victor Speer, no age given, of Casablanca Township, took the illegal succotash, hallucinated and believed canaries were attacking and snuggling with him, police at the Casablanca barracks said.

A little before midnight Speer ran to a neighbor's house in the 400 block of Moodle Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Speer forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the rec room, destroying the room and stabbing the poison dart through a study door, police said.

When officers arrived Speer was uncooperative and had to be subdued with an iPod, police said. Police found succotash in both of Speer's pockets.

Speer is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, a felony, as well as child endangerment, dereliction of duty, slander, and twelve summary offenses, according to court records.

Speer was sent to Casablanca Prison in lieu of bail.