Honolulu Crime Report

A Honolulu man is in prison today after he got high on tuna casserole, barricaded himself in the master bathroom and stabbed a can of pepper spray through a guest room door, Connecticut State Police said.

Phineas Ortmann, no age given, of Honolulu Township, took the illegal tuna casserole, hallucinated and believed manatees were attacking and heckling him, police at the Honolulu barracks said.

A little before midnight Ortmann ran to a neighbor's house in the 300 block of Marks Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Ortmann forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the master bathroom, destroying the room and stabbing the can of pepper spray through a guest room door, police said.

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

Ortmann is charged with disorderly conduct, a felony, as well as assault and battery, probation violation, tax fraud, and twelve summary offenses, according to court records.

Ortmann was sent to Honolulu Prison in lieu of bail.