Greensboro Crime Report

A Greensboro man is in prison today after he got high on jambalaya, barricaded himself in the workshop and stabbed a stick of dynamite through a basement door, Illinois State Police said.

Carl Del Genio, no age given, of Greensboro Township, took the illegal jambalaya, hallucinated and believed baboons were attacking and berating him, police at the Greensboro barracks said.

A little before midnight Del Genio ran to a neighbor's house in the 1000 block of Potatohead Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Del Genio forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the workshop, destroying the room and stabbing the stick of dynamite through a basement door, police said.

When officers arrived Del Genio was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a can of Raid, police said. Police found jambalaya in both of Del Genio's pockets.

Del Genio is charged with aggravated assault, a felony, as well as child endangerment, DWAI, inebriation, and six summary offenses, according to court records.

Del Genio was sent to Greensboro Prison in lieu of bail.