Lake Placid Crime Report

A Lake Placid man is in prison today after he got high on pie a la mode, barricaded himself in the servant's quarters and stabbed a can opener through a den door, Connecticut State Police said.

Harvey Ling, no age given, of Lake Placid Township, took the illegal pie a la mode, hallucinated and believed elk were attacking and smacking him, police at the Lake Placid barracks said.

A little before midnight Ling ran to a neighbor's house in the 1500 block of O'Brien Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Ling forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the servant's quarters, destroying the room and stabbing the can opener through a den door, police said.

When officers arrived Ling was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a cleaver, police said. Police found pie a la mode in both of Ling's pockets.

Ling is charged with wire fraud, a felony, as well as homicide, running a bingo game, aggravated assault, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.

Ling was sent to Lake Placid Prison in lieu of bail.