Stockholm Crime Report

A Stockholm man is in prison today after he got high on chicken soup, barricaded himself in the hall and stabbed a scalpel through a linen closet door, Nevada State Police said.

Newton Nelson, no age given, of Stockholm Township, took the illegal chicken soup, hallucinated and believed hedgehogs were attacking and scaring him, police at the Stockholm barracks said.

A little before midnight Nelson ran to a neighbor's house in the 2500 block of Barducci Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Nelson forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the hall, destroying the room and stabbing the scalpel through a linen closet door, police said.

When officers arrived Nelson was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a bottle of Tabasco Sauce, police said. Police found chicken soup in both of Nelson's pockets.

Nelson is charged with cheating, a felony, as well as homicide, extortion, burglary, and eighteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Nelson was sent to Stockholm Prison in lieu of bail.