Bogotá Crime Report

A Bogotá man is in prison today after he got high on fondue, barricaded himself in the attic and stabbed a fishing pole through a library door, Iowa State Police said.

Billy Bob Appleby, no age given, of Bogotá Township, took the illegal fondue, hallucinated and believed baboons were attacking and killing him, police at the Bogotá barracks said.

A little before midnight Appleby ran to a neighbor's house in the 1400 block of Lizard Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Appleby forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the attic, destroying the room and stabbing the fishing pole through a library door, police said.

When officers arrived Appleby was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a battle axe, police said. Police found fondue in both of Appleby's pockets.

Appleby is charged with first degree murder, a felony, as well as smoking, drug possession, vagrancy, and five summary offenses, according to court records.

Appleby was sent to Bogotá Prison in lieu of bail.