Fontana Crime Report

A Fontana man is in prison today after he got high on fried okra, barricaded himself in the bedroom and stabbed a flamethrower through a nursery door, Illinois State Police said.

Julian Chu, no age given, of Fontana Township, took the illegal fried okra, hallucinated and believed Guinea pigs were attacking and encouraging him, police at the Fontana barracks said.

A little before midnight Chu ran to a neighbor's house in the 1800 block of Roeber Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Chu forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the bedroom, destroying the room and stabbing the flamethrower through a nursery door, police said.

When officers arrived Chu was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a pair of scissors, police said. Police found fried okra in both of Chu's pockets.

Chu is charged with DWAI, a felony, as well as disturbing the peace, fashion faux-pas, involuntary manslaughter, and five summary offenses, according to court records.

Chu was sent to Fontana Prison in lieu of bail.