Avonlea Crime Report

An Avonlea man is in prison today after he got high on oatmeal, barricaded himself in the corridor and stabbed a shotgun through a dungeon door, Nebraska State Police said.

Rufus Chen, no age given, of Avonlea Township, took the illegal oatmeal, hallucinated and believed jackals were attacking and avoiding him, police at the Avonlea barracks said.

A little before midnight Chen ran to a neighbor's house in the 800 block of Bailey Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Chen forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the corridor, destroying the room and stabbing the shotgun through a dungeon door, police said.

When officers arrived Chen was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a Colt 45, police said. Police found oatmeal in both of Chen's pockets.

Chen is charged with first degree murder, a felony, as well as piracy, aiding and abetting, cheating, and fifteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Chen was sent to Avonlea Prison in lieu of bail.