Chicago Crime Report

A Chicago man is in prison today after he got high on Swiss cheese, barricaded himself in the conservatory and stabbed a dirt clod through a closet door, New Jersey State Police said.

Mitch Snitley, no age given, of Chicago Township, took the illegal Swiss cheese, hallucinated and believed foxes were attacking and exposing him, police at the Chicago barracks said.

A little before midnight Snitley ran to a neighbor's house in the 100 block of Quick Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Snitley forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the conservatory, destroying the room and stabbing the dirt clod through a closet door, police said.

When officers arrived Snitley was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a switchblade, police said. Police found Swiss cheese in both of Snitley's pockets.

Snitley is charged with dereliction of duty, a felony, as well as wire fraud, insubordination, swearing, and sixteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Snitley was sent to Chicago Prison in lieu of bail.