Sidney Crime Report

A Sidney man is in prison today after he got high on cotton candy, barricaded himself in the servant's quarters and stabbed an iPod through an oubliette door, Montana State Police said.

Rich Looper, no age given, of Sidney Township, took the illegal cotton candy, hallucinated and believed snipes were attacking and licking him, police at the Sidney barracks said.

A little before midnight Looper ran to a neighbor's house in the 2200 block of Lott Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Looper forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the servant's quarters, destroying the room and stabbing the iPod through an oubliette door, police said.

When officers arrived Looper was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a six-pack, police said. Police found cotton candy in both of Looper's pockets.

Looper is charged with abduction, a felony, as well as prescription fraud, slander, winking, and eleven summary offenses, according to court records.

Looper was sent to Sidney Prison in lieu of bail.