Columbus Crime Report

A Columbus man is in prison today after he got high on shrimp, barricaded himself in the attic and stabbed a soldering iron through an outhouse door, Georgia State Police said.

Noah Naipaul, no age given, of Columbus Township, took the illegal shrimp, hallucinated and believed elk were attacking and ostracizing him, police at the Columbus barracks said.

A little before midnight Naipaul ran to a neighbor's house in the 2300 block of Ratwort Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Naipaul forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the attic, destroying the room and stabbing the soldering iron through an outhouse door, police said.

When officers arrived Naipaul was uncooperative and had to be subdued with an AK-47, police said. Police found shrimp in both of Naipaul's pockets.

Naipaul is charged with fashion faux-pas, a felony, as well as second degree murder, perjury, wire fraud, and fifteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Naipaul was sent to Columbus Prison in lieu of bail.