Rome Crime Report

A Rome man is in prison today after he got high on cotton candy, barricaded himself in the doghouse and stabbed a lasso through a basement door, Ohio State Police said.

Bronk Fulton, no age given, of Rome Township, took the illegal cotton candy, hallucinated and believed finches were attacking and kicking him, police at the Rome barracks said.

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

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

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

Fulton is charged with mayhem, a felony, as well as smoking, disturbing the peace, child abuse, and ten summary offenses, according to court records.

Fulton was sent to Rome Prison in lieu of bail.