San Francisco Crime Report

A San Francisco man is in prison today after he got high on chicken chow mein, barricaded himself in the patio and stabbed a bad breath through an outhouse door, New Jersey State Police said.

Chuck Lawrence, no age given, of San Francisco Township, took the illegal chicken chow mein, hallucinated and believed Dobermans were attacking and harassing him, police at the San Francisco barracks said.

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

Lawrence forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the patio, destroying the room and stabbing the bad breath through an outhouse door, police said.

When officers arrived Lawrence was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a syringe, police said. Police found chicken chow mein in both of Lawrence's pockets.

Lawrence is charged with putting the thumb to the nose, a felony, as well as theft, open container violation, resisting arrest, and fifteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Lawrence was sent to San Francisco Prison in lieu of bail.