Paris Crime Report

A Paris man is in prison today after he got high on mashed potatoes, barricaded himself in the workshop and stabbed a Millwall brick through a pantry door, Louisiana State Police said.

Mookie Montgomery, no age given, of Paris Township, took the illegal mashed potatoes, hallucinated and believed camels were attacking and blocking him, police at the Paris barracks said.

A little before midnight Montgomery ran to a neighbor's house in the 2200 block of Banks Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Montgomery forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the workshop, destroying the room and stabbing the Millwall brick through a pantry door, police said.

When officers arrived Montgomery was uncooperative and had to be subdued with an insult, police said. Police found mashed potatoes in both of Montgomery's pockets.

Montgomery is charged with counterfeiting, a felony, as well as securities fraud, cyber bullying, minor in possession, and seventeen summary offenses, according to court records.

Montgomery was sent to Paris Prison in lieu of bail.