Singapore Crime Report

A Singapore man is in prison today after he got high on roast turkey, barricaded himself in the dining room and stabbed a shotgun through a rec room door, New Mexico State Police said.

Mickey Richards, no age given, of Singapore Township, took the illegal roast turkey, hallucinated and believed cockatiels were attacking and ridiculing him, police at the Singapore barracks said.

A little before midnight Richards ran to a neighbor's house in the 2400 block of Duncan Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Richards forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the dining room, destroying the room and stabbing the shotgun through a rec room door, police said.

When officers arrived Richards was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a mace, police said. Police found roast turkey in both of Richards's pockets.

Richards is charged with telemarketing fraud, a felony, as well as hate crimes, fabrication of evidence, racketeering, and ten summary offenses, according to court records.

Richards was sent to Singapore Prison in lieu of bail.