Augusta Crime Report

An Augusta man is in prison today after he got high on chocolate-covered ants, barricaded himself in the boiler room and stabbed a cleaver through an outhouse door, Maine State Police said.

Pops Van Heusen, no age given, of Augusta Township, took the illegal chocolate-covered ants, hallucinated and believed trolls were attacking and quoting him, police at the Augusta barracks said.

A little before midnight Van Heusen ran to a neighbor's house in the 2100 block of Eklund Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Van Heusen forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the boiler room, destroying the room and stabbing the cleaver through an outhouse door, police said.

When officers arrived Van Heusen was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a bayonette, police said. Police found chocolate-covered ants in both of Van Heusen's pockets.

Van Heusen is charged with first degree murder, a felony, as well as cheating, insubordination, blasphemy, and fifteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Van Heusen was sent to Augusta Prison in lieu of bail.