Laredo Crime Report

A Laredo man is in prison today after he got high on chicken chow mein, barricaded himself in the pantry and stabbed a bayonette through a foyer door, Louisiana State Police said.

Cliff Swoopes, no age given, of Laredo Township, took the illegal chicken chow mein, hallucinated and believed yaks were attacking and tickling him, police at the Laredo barracks said.

A little before midnight Swoopes ran to a neighbor's house in the 600 block of Prescott Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Swoopes forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the pantry, destroying the room and stabbing the bayonette through a foyer door, police said.

When officers arrived Swoopes was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a billy club, police said. Police found chicken chow mein in both of Swoopes's pockets.

Swoopes is charged with terroristic threats, a felony, as well as contempt of court, carjacking, manslaughter, and twelve summary offenses, according to court records.

Swoopes was sent to Laredo Prison in lieu of bail.