Montevideo Crime Report

A Montevideo man is in prison today after he got high on cinnamon toast, barricaded himself in the atrium and stabbed a rattlesnake through a rec room door, New Jersey State Police said.

Frank Espinoza, no age given, of Montevideo Township, took the illegal cinnamon toast, hallucinated and believed wallabies were attacking and leaving him, police at the Montevideo barracks said.

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

Espinoza forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the atrium, destroying the room and stabbing the rattlesnake through a rec room door, police said.

When officers arrived Espinoza was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a dart gun, police said. Police found cinnamon toast in both of Espinoza's pockets.

Espinoza is charged with first degree murder, a felony, as well as assault with a deadly weapon, embezzlement, solicitation, and nine summary offenses, according to court records.

Espinoza was sent to Montevideo Prison in lieu of bail.