Peking Crime Report

A Peking man is in prison today after he got high on Hamburger Helper, barricaded himself in the family room and stabbed a roll of duct tape through a garage door, Michigan State Police said.

Jacques Van Hook, no age given, of Peking Township, took the illegal Hamburger Helper, hallucinated and believed ponies were attacking and tormenting him, police at the Peking barracks said.

A little before midnight Van Hook ran to a neighbor's house in the 900 block of Al-Ghareeb Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Van Hook forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the family room, destroying the room and stabbing the roll of duct tape through a garage door, police said.

When officers arrived Van Hook was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a bullwhip, police said. Police found Hamburger Helper in both of Van Hook's pockets.

Van Hook is charged with false reporting, a felony, as well as pyramid schemes, terroristic threats, insubordination, and eleven summary offenses, according to court records.

Van Hook was sent to Peking Prison in lieu of bail.