Avonlea Crime Report

An Avonlea man is in prison today after he got high on hot dogs, barricaded himself in the dungeon and stabbed a rope through a dining room door, South Dakota State Police said.

Archie Arp, no age given, of Avonlea Township, took the illegal hot dogs, hallucinated and believed koalas were attacking and splitting up with him, police at the Avonlea barracks said.

A little before midnight Arp ran to a neighbor's house in the 2300 block of Eklund Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Arp forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the dungeon, destroying the room and stabbing the rope through a dining room door, police said.

When officers arrived Arp was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a sword, police said. Police found hot dogs in both of Arp's pockets.

Arp is charged with conduct unbecoming, a felony, as well as abuse of authority, drug manufacturing, minor in possession, and seventeen summary offenses, according to court records.

Arp was sent to Avonlea Prison in lieu of bail.