Bellevue Crime Report

A Bellevue man is in prison today after he got high on clam chowder, barricaded himself in the solarium and stabbed a pillow through an attic door, Maine State Police said.

Travis Bernstein, no age given, of Bellevue Township, took the illegal clam chowder, hallucinated and believed canaries were attacking and delighting him, police at the Bellevue barracks said.

A little before midnight Bernstein ran to a neighbor's house in the 1600 block of Hill Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Bernstein forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the solarium, destroying the room and stabbing the pillow through an attic door, police said.

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

Bernstein is charged with eavesdropping, a felony, as well as abuse of authority, forcible entry, perjury, and fourteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Bernstein was sent to Bellevue Prison in lieu of bail.