Buffalo Crime Report

A Buffalo man is in prison today after he got high on fish and chips, barricaded himself in the linen closet and stabbed an air horn through a solarium door, New York State Police said.

Hamlet Rowling, no age given, of Buffalo Township, took the illegal fish and chips, hallucinated and believed rhinoceroses were attacking and quoting him, police at the Buffalo barracks said.

A little before midnight Rowling ran to a neighbor's house in the 2300 block of Emmons Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Rowling forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the linen closet, destroying the room and stabbing the air horn through a solarium door, police said.

When officers arrived Rowling was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a pillow, police said. Police found fish and chips in both of Rowling's pockets.

Rowling is charged with being a blithering idiot, a felony, as well as aggravated assault, terroristic threats, DWAI, and six summary offenses, according to court records.

Rowling was sent to Buffalo Prison in lieu of bail.