Montgomery Crime Report

A Montgomery man is in prison today after he got high on catfish stew, barricaded himself in the tool shed and stabbed a flask through a game room door, New Jersey State Police said.

Harold Carroll, no age given, of Montgomery Township, took the illegal catfish stew, hallucinated and believed lovebirds were attacking and charming him, police at the Montgomery barracks said.

A little before midnight Carroll ran to a neighbor's house in the 2200 block of Dion Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Carroll forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the tool shed, destroying the room and stabbing the flask through a game room door, police said.

When officers arrived Carroll was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a lariat, police said. Police found catfish stew in both of Carroll's pockets.

Carroll is charged with open container violation, a felony, as well as smoking, criminal contempt, telemarketing fraud, and sixteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Carroll was sent to Montgomery Prison in lieu of bail.