Phoenix Crime Report

A Phoenix man is in prison today after he got high on dirty rice, barricaded himself in the attic and stabbed a lasso through a living room door, Nebraska State Police said.

Bosco Castaneda, no age given, of Phoenix Township, took the illegal dirty rice, hallucinated and believed elephants were attacking and chatting with him, police at the Phoenix barracks said.

A little before midnight Castaneda ran to a neighbor's house in the 1800 block of Spangler Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Castaneda forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the attic, destroying the room and stabbing the lasso through a living room door, police said.

When officers arrived Castaneda was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a defibrillator, police said. Police found dirty rice in both of Castaneda's pockets.

Castaneda is charged with credit card fraud, a felony, as well as conspiracy, money laundering, shoplifting, and three summary offenses, according to court records.

Castaneda was sent to Phoenix Prison in lieu of bail.