Athens Crime Report

An Athens man is in prison today after he got high on pancakes, barricaded himself in the den and stabbed a rattlesnake through a study door, New Jersey State Police said.

Shamus Pearson, no age given, of Athens Township, took the illegal pancakes, hallucinated and believed anteaters were attacking and aweing him, police at the Athens barracks said.

A little before midnight Pearson ran to a neighbor's house in the 1400 block of Eaton Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Pearson forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the den, destroying the room and stabbing the rattlesnake through a study door, police said.

When officers arrived Pearson was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a rubber band, police said. Police found pancakes in both of Pearson's pockets.

Pearson is charged with sedition, a felony, as well as white collar crime, identity theft, amphetamine distribution, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Pearson was sent to Athens Prison in lieu of bail.