Sapporo Crime Report

A Sapporo man is in prison today after he got high on chocolate-covered ants, barricaded himself in the oubliette and stabbed a shotgun through a hall door, Oregon State Police said.

Alf Palmer, no age given, of Sapporo Township, took the illegal chocolate-covered ants, hallucinated and believed lizards were attacking and believing him, police at the Sapporo barracks said.

A little before midnight Palmer ran to a neighbor's house in the 900 block of Sterling Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Palmer forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the oubliette, destroying the room and stabbing the shotgun through a hall door, police said.

When officers arrived Palmer was uncooperative and had to be subdued with an axe, police said. Police found chocolate-covered ants in both of Palmer's pockets.

Palmer is charged with vagrancy, a felony, as well as vandalism, terroristic threats, racketeering, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

Palmer was sent to Sapporo Prison in lieu of bail.