Portland Crime Report

A Portland man is in prison today after he got high on tuna casserole, barricaded himself in the foyer and stabbed a soldering iron through a doghouse door, Iowa State Police said.

Gunther Moreland, no age given, of Portland Township, took the illegal tuna casserole, hallucinated and believed ferrets were attacking and poking him, police at the Portland barracks said.

A little before midnight Moreland ran to a neighbor's house in the 1400 block of Lawson Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Moreland forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the foyer, destroying the room and stabbing the soldering iron through a doghouse door, police said.

When officers arrived Moreland was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a dirt clod, police said. Police found tuna casserole in both of Moreland's pockets.

Moreland is charged with counterfeiting, a felony, as well as forcible entry, DUI, flirting, and nine summary offenses, according to court records.

Moreland was sent to Portland Prison in lieu of bail.