Mexico City Crime Report

A Mexico City man is in prison today after he got high on pancakes, barricaded himself in the tool shed and stabbed a wrench through a porch door, Indiana State Police said.

Gilbert Beagle, no age given, of Mexico City Township, took the illegal pancakes, hallucinated and believed eels were attacking and avoiding him, police at the Mexico City barracks said.

A little before midnight Beagle ran to a neighbor's house in the 700 block of Witherbee Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Beagle forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the tool shed, destroying the room and stabbing the wrench through a porch door, police said.

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

Beagle is charged with manslaughter, a felony, as well as kidnapping, pyramid schemes, smoking, and three summary offenses, according to court records.

Beagle was sent to Mexico City Prison in lieu of bail.