Addis Ababa Crime Report

An Addis Ababa man is in prison today after he got high on fried eggs, barricaded himself in the closet and stabbed a wet noodle through a front porch door, Ohio State Police said.

Romeo McCarthy, no age given, of Addis Ababa Township, took the illegal fried eggs, hallucinated and believed ladybugs were attacking and excluding him, police at the Addis Ababa barracks said.

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

McCarthy forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the closet, destroying the room and stabbing the wet noodle through a front porch door, police said.

When officers arrived McCarthy was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a Taser, police said. Police found fried eggs in both of McCarthy's pockets.

McCarthy is charged with contempt of court, a felony, as well as incitement, harassment, insurance fraud, and two summary offenses, according to court records.

McCarthy was sent to Addis Ababa Prison in lieu of bail.