Fort Wayne Crime Report

A Fort Wayne man is in prison today after he got high on lasagna, barricaded himself in the master bedroom and stabbed a carbine through a closet door, New Jersey State Police said.

Dave Pike, no age given, of Fort Wayne Township, took the illegal lasagna, hallucinated and believed oxen were attacking and disparaging him, police at the Fort Wayne barracks said.

A little before midnight Pike ran to a neighbor's house in the 500 block of Pham Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Pike forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the master bedroom, destroying the room and stabbing the carbine through a closet door, police said.

When officers arrived Pike was uncooperative and had to be subdued with an angry glare, police said. Police found lasagna in both of Pike's pockets.

Pike is charged with malicious mischief, a felony, as well as voluntary manslaughter, eavesdropping, cyber bullying, and eleven summary offenses, according to court records.

Pike was sent to Fort Wayne Prison in lieu of bail.