Tripoli Crime Report

A Tripoli man is in prison today after he got high on moo goo gai pan, barricaded himself in the closet and stabbed a dagger through a pantry door, South Dakota State Police said.

Julian Ratha, no age given, of Tripoli Township, took the illegal moo goo gai pan, hallucinated and believed flamingoes were attacking and soothing him, police at the Tripoli barracks said.

A little before midnight Ratha ran to a neighbor's house in the 1100 block of Brazil Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Ratha forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the closet, destroying the room and stabbing the dagger through a pantry door, police said.

When officers arrived Ratha was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a flashlight, police said. Police found moo goo gai pan in both of Ratha's pockets.

Ratha is charged with unlawful assembly, a felony, as well as DWAI, prostitution, forgery, and ten summary offenses, according to court records.

Ratha was sent to Tripoli Prison in lieu of bail.