Sidney Crime Report

A Sidney man is in prison today after he got high on country glazed ham, barricaded himself in the linen closet and stabbed a baseball bat through a dining room door, Idaho State Police said.

Vinny Franklin, no age given, of Sidney Township, took the illegal country glazed ham, hallucinated and believed moose were attacking and questioning him, police at the Sidney barracks said.

A little before midnight Franklin ran to a neighbor's house in the 2000 block of Diaz Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Franklin forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the linen closet, destroying the room and stabbing the baseball bat through a dining room door, police said.

When officers arrived Franklin was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a stick of dynamite, police said. Police found country glazed ham in both of Franklin's pockets.

Franklin is charged with dereliction of duty, a felony, as well as involuntary manslaughter, burglary, embezzlement, and twelve summary offenses, according to court records.

Franklin was sent to Sidney Prison in lieu of bail.