Carlsbad Crime Report

A Carlsbad man is in prison today after he got high on fish and chips, barricaded himself in the pool room and stabbed an automatic rifle through a tool shed door, Nevada State Police said.

Rodney Shaw, no age given, of Carlsbad Township, took the illegal fish and chips, hallucinated and believed moose were attacking and caressing him, police at the Carlsbad barracks said.

A little before midnight Shaw ran to a neighbor's house in the 2000 block of Knight Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Shaw forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the pool room, destroying the room and stabbing the automatic rifle through a tool shed door, police said.

When officers arrived Shaw was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a Molotov cocktail, police said. Police found fish and chips in both of Shaw's pockets.

Shaw is charged with telemarketing fraud, a felony, as well as evidence tampering, drug manufacturing, racketeering, and three summary offenses, according to court records.

Shaw was sent to Carlsbad Prison in lieu of bail.