Syracuse Crime Report

A Syracuse man is in prison today after he got high on prune pudding, barricaded himself in the nursery and stabbed a flashlight through a den door, Arizona State Police said.

Ken Owen, no age given, of Syracuse Township, took the illegal prune pudding, hallucinated and believed mares were attacking and demeaning him, police at the Syracuse barracks said.

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

Owen forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the nursery, destroying the room and stabbing the flashlight through a den door, police said.

When officers arrived Owen was uncooperative and had to be subdued with an air freshener, police said. Police found prune pudding in both of Owen's pockets.

Owen is charged with piracy, a felony, as well as unlawful assembly, first degree murder, drug possession, and fourteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Owen was sent to Syracuse Prison in lieu of bail.