Los Angeles Crime Report

A Los Angeles man is in prison today after he got high on squash blossom soup, barricaded himself in the front porch and stabbed a pistol through a ballroom door, Idaho State Police said.

Buster Marsden, no age given, of Los Angeles Township, took the illegal squash blossom soup, hallucinated and believed boa constrictors were attacking and rejecting him, police at the Los Angeles barracks said.

A little before midnight Marsden ran to a neighbor's house in the 1700 block of Bentzinger Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Marsden forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the front porch, destroying the room and stabbing the pistol through a ballroom door, police said.

When officers arrived Marsden was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a candlestick, police said. Police found squash blossom soup in both of Marsden's pockets.

Marsden is charged with burglary, a felony, as well as conduct unbecoming, assault on a public servant, minor in possession, and six summary offenses, according to court records.

Marsden was sent to Los Angeles Prison in lieu of bail.