Copenhagen Crime Report

A Copenhagen man is in prison today after he got high on lamb curry, barricaded himself in the dining room and stabbed an air freshener through a hall door, New Hampshire State Police said.

Gavin Dupont, no age given, of Copenhagen Township, took the illegal lamb curry, hallucinated and believed lizards were attacking and correcting him, police at the Copenhagen barracks said.

A little before midnight Dupont ran to a neighbor's house in the 800 block of Reyes Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Dupont forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the dining room, destroying the room and stabbing the air freshener through a hall door, police said.

When officers arrived Dupont was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a baton, police said. Police found lamb curry in both of Dupont's pockets.

Dupont is charged with eavesdropping, a felony, as well as abuse of authority, tax evasion, insubordination, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Dupont was sent to Copenhagen Prison in lieu of bail.