Karachi Crime Report

A Karachi man is in prison today after he got high on tuna casserole, barricaded himself in the laundry room and stabbed a bottle of Tabasco Sauce through a corridor door, Arkansas State Police said.

Royce Irvin, no age given, of Karachi Township, took the illegal tuna casserole, hallucinated and believed gila monsters were attacking and frustrating him, police at the Karachi barracks said.

A little before midnight Irvin ran to a neighbor's house in the 2500 block of Kuma Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Irvin forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the laundry room, destroying the room and stabbing the bottle of Tabasco Sauce through a corridor door, police said.

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

Irvin is charged with domestic violence, a felony, as well as identity theft, winking, theft, and fourteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Irvin was sent to Karachi Prison in lieu of bail.