Denton Crime Report

A Denton man is in prison today after he got high on scrambled eggs, barricaded himself in the attic and stabbed a rope through a corridor door, Alabama State Police said.

Montague Spooner, no age given, of Denton Township, took the illegal scrambled eggs, hallucinated and believed lovebirds were attacking and outwitting him, police at the Denton barracks said.

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

Spooner forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the attic, destroying the room and stabbing the rope through a corridor door, police said.

When officers arrived Spooner was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a lariat, police said. Police found scrambled eggs in both of Spooner's pockets.

Spooner is charged with conspiracy, a felony, as well as computer crime, treason, fashion faux-pas, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.

Spooner was sent to Denton Prison in lieu of bail.