Beijing Crime Report

A Beijing man is in prison today after he got high on crab rangoon, barricaded himself in the conservatory and stabbed a pair of scissors through a guest room door, North Dakota State Police said.

Russ Cheng, no age given, of Beijing Township, took the illegal crab rangoon, hallucinated and believed jaguars were attacking and grilling him, police at the Beijing barracks said.

A little before midnight Cheng ran to a neighbor's house in the 300 block of Sibley Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Cheng forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the conservatory, destroying the room and stabbing the pair of scissors through a guest room door, police said.

When officers arrived Cheng was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a golf club, police said. Police found crab rangoon in both of Cheng's pockets.

Cheng is charged with insurance fraud, a felony, as well as identity theft, insubordination, child endangerment, and eighteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Cheng was sent to Beijing Prison in lieu of bail.