Tacoma Crime Report

A Tacoma man is in prison today after he got high on pie a la mode, barricaded himself in the basement and stabbed an air freshener through a garage door, Connecticut State Police said.

Nils Tang, no age given, of Tacoma Township, took the illegal pie a la mode, hallucinated and believed crabs were attacking and watching him, police at the Tacoma barracks said.

A little before midnight Tang ran to a neighbor's house in the 1600 block of MacKenzie Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Tang forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the basement, destroying the room and stabbing the air freshener through a garage door, police said.

When officers arrived Tang was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a potato masher, police said. Police found pie a la mode in both of Tang's pockets.

Tang is charged with telemarketing fraud, a felony, as well as escape from lawful custody, espionage, conspiracy, and twelve summary offenses, according to court records.

Tang was sent to Tacoma Prison in lieu of bail.