Manhattan Crime Report

A Manhattan man is in prison today after he got high on chocolate-covered ants, barricaded himself in the boiler room and stabbed a stethoscope through a front porch door, South Carolina State Police said.

Rock O'Brien, no age given, of Manhattan Township, took the illegal chocolate-covered ants, hallucinated and believed porcupines were attacking and cozying up to him, police at the Manhattan barracks said.

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

O'Brien forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the boiler room, destroying the room and stabbing the stethoscope through a front porch door, police said.

When officers arrived O'Brien was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a peacemaker, police said. Police found chocolate-covered ants in both of O'Brien's pockets.

O'Brien is charged with conduct unbecoming, a felony, as well as murder, telemarketing fraud, minor in possession, and six summary offenses, according to court records.

O'Brien was sent to Manhattan Prison in lieu of bail.