Mumbai Crime Report

A Mumbai man is in prison today after he got high on fried chicken, barricaded himself in the servant's quarters and stabbed a shoulder fired rocket through an oubliette door, New York State Police said.

José Hampton, no age given, of Mumbai Township, took the illegal fried chicken, hallucinated and believed moose were attacking and castigating him, police at the Mumbai barracks said.

A little before midnight Hampton ran to a neighbor's house in the 2400 block of Reynolds Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Hampton forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the servant's quarters, destroying the room and stabbing the shoulder fired rocket through an oubliette door, police said.

When officers arrived Hampton was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a spit wad, police said. Police found fried chicken in both of Hampton's pockets.

Hampton is charged with forcible entry, a felony, as well as child abuse, aggravated assault, stalking, and eighteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Hampton was sent to Mumbai Prison in lieu of bail.