Modesto Crime Report

A Modesto man is in prison today after he got high on chopped liver, barricaded himself in the basement and stabbed a can opener through a laundry room door, New Jersey State Police said.

Alton Al-Ghareeb, no age given, of Modesto Township, took the illegal chopped liver, hallucinated and believed skunks were attacking and training him, police at the Modesto barracks said.

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

Al-Ghareeb forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the basement, destroying the room and stabbing the can opener through a laundry room door, police said.

When officers arrived Al-Ghareeb was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a squirt gun, police said. Police found chopped liver in both of Al-Ghareeb's pockets.

Al-Ghareeb is charged with inebriation, a felony, as well as extortion, murder, disturbing the peace, and fifteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Al-Ghareeb was sent to Modesto Prison in lieu of bail.