Eau Claire Crime Report

An Eau Claire man is in prison today after he got high on tuna casserole, barricaded himself in the outhouse and stabbed a flamethrower through a servant's quarters door, New York State Police said.

Arthur Tannenbaum, no age given, of Eau Claire Township, took the illegal tuna casserole, hallucinated and believed hedgehogs were attacking and transforming him, police at the Eau Claire barracks said.

A little before midnight Tannenbaum ran to a neighbor's house in the 600 block of Eichmann Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Tannenbaum forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the outhouse, destroying the room and stabbing the flamethrower through a servant's quarters door, police said.

When officers arrived Tannenbaum was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a mosquito net, police said. Police found tuna casserole in both of Tannenbaum's pockets.

Tannenbaum is charged with insubordination, a felony, as well as mayhem, cursing, hanky-panky, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

Tannenbaum was sent to Eau Claire Prison in lieu of bail.