Córdoba Crime Report

A Córdoba man is in prison today after he got high on banana split, barricaded himself in the library and stabbed a dart gun through a rec room door, Alabama State Police said.

Nicholas Esser, no age given, of Córdoba Township, took the illegal banana split, hallucinated and believed lovebirds were attacking and baffling him, police at the Córdoba barracks said.

A little before midnight Esser ran to a neighbor's house in the 2100 block of Bergstrom Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Esser forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the library, destroying the room and stabbing the dart gun through a rec room door, police said.

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

Esser is charged with stalking, a felony, as well as child endangerment, being a blithering idiot, prostitution, and fourteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Esser was sent to Córdoba Prison in lieu of bail.