Montevideo Crime Report

A Montevideo man is in prison today after he got high on clam chowder, barricaded himself in the lounge and stabbed a flashlight through a game room door, Oregon State Police said.

Romeo Looper, no age given, of Montevideo Township, took the illegal clam chowder, hallucinated and believed sasquatches were attacking and trying to control him, police at the Montevideo barracks said.

A little before midnight Looper ran to a neighbor's house in the 1200 block of Sparks Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Looper forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the lounge, destroying the room and stabbing the flashlight through a game room door, police said.

When officers arrived Looper was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a set of nunchucks, police said. Police found clam chowder in both of Looper's pockets.

Looper is charged with evading arrest, a felony, as well as second degree murder, abduction, voluntary manslaughter, and nineteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Looper was sent to Montevideo Prison in lieu of bail.