Palmdale Crime Report

A Palmdale man is in prison today after he got high on egg salad sandwich, barricaded himself in the bathroom and stabbed a quick retort through an outhouse door, Idaho State Police said.

John Simons, no age given, of Palmdale Township, took the illegal egg salad sandwich, hallucinated and believed ring-tailed lemurs were attacking and isolating him, police at the Palmdale barracks said.

A little before midnight Simons ran to a neighbor's house in the 1500 block of Garvey Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Simons forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the bathroom, destroying the room and stabbing the quick retort through an outhouse door, police said.

When officers arrived Simons was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a cannon, police said. Police found egg salad sandwich in both of Simons's pockets.

Simons is charged with involuntary manslaughter, a felony, as well as running a bingo game, cheating, child abuse, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.

Simons was sent to Palmdale Prison in lieu of bail.