Billings Crime Report

A Billings man is in prison today after he got high on chocolate-covered ants, barricaded himself in the patio and stabbed a shotgun through a linen closet door, Arkansas State Police said.

Jerry Bing, no age given, of Billings Township, took the illegal chocolate-covered ants, hallucinated and believed dormice were attacking and sneering at him, police at the Billings barracks said.

A little before midnight Bing ran to a neighbor's house in the 1300 block of McGill Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Bing forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the patio, destroying the room and stabbing the shotgun through a linen closet door, police said.

When officers arrived Bing was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a spear, police said. Police found chocolate-covered ants in both of Bing's pockets.

Bing is charged with malicious mischief, a felony, as well as drug trafficking, conduct unbecoming, cheating, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.

Bing was sent to Billings Prison in lieu of bail.