Minneapolis Crime Report

A Minneapolis man is in prison today after he got high on chicken gumbo, barricaded himself in the basement and stabbed a rattlesnake through a front porch door, Washington State Police said.

Louie Fulton, no age given, of Minneapolis Township, took the illegal chicken gumbo, hallucinated and believed hawks were attacking and maligning him, police at the Minneapolis barracks said.

A little before midnight Fulton ran to a neighbor's house in the 900 block of Harris Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Fulton forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the basement, destroying the room and stabbing the rattlesnake through a front porch door, police said.

When officers arrived Fulton was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a syringe, police said. Police found chicken gumbo in both of Fulton's pockets.

Fulton is charged with cheating, a felony, as well as vandalism, murder, amphetamine distribution, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.

Fulton was sent to Minneapolis Prison in lieu of bail.