Tijuana Crime Report

A Tijuana man is in prison today after he got high on corn on the cob, barricaded himself in the bathroom and stabbed a baseball bat through a pantry door, Hawaii State Police said.

Cecil Peterson, no age given, of Tijuana Township, took the illegal corn on the cob, hallucinated and believed beavers were attacking and understanding him, police at the Tijuana barracks said.

A little before midnight Peterson ran to a neighbor's house in the 800 block of Niederhaus Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Peterson forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the bathroom, destroying the room and stabbing the baseball bat through a pantry door, police said.

When officers arrived Peterson was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a sling, police said. Police found corn on the cob in both of Peterson's pockets.

Peterson is charged with disturbing the peace, a felony, as well as cheating, embezzlement, computer crime, and eleven summary offenses, according to court records.

Peterson was sent to Tijuana Prison in lieu of bail.