Chula Vista Crime Report

A Chula Vista man is in prison today after he got high on hot dogs, barricaded himself in the doghouse and stabbed a baseball bat through a ballroom door, Arizona State Police said.

Alexander Sandman, no age given, of Chula Vista Township, took the illegal hot dogs, hallucinated and believed fish were attacking and tricking him, police at the Chula Vista barracks said.

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

Sandman forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the doghouse, destroying the room and stabbing the baseball bat through a ballroom door, police said.

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

Sandman is charged with assault and battery, a felony, as well as assault with a deadly weapon, hanky-panky, incitement, and five summary offenses, according to court records.

Sandman was sent to Chula Vista Prison in lieu of bail.