Ho Chi Minh City Crime Report

A Ho Chi Minh City man is in prison today after he got high on chicken soup, barricaded himself in the lounge and stabbed a harpoon through a billiard room door, Alaska State Police said.

Mitch Bewley, no age given, of Ho Chi Minh City Township, took the illegal chicken soup, hallucinated and believed beavers were attacking and mesmerizing him, police at the Ho Chi Minh City barracks said.

A little before midnight Bewley ran to a neighbor's house in the 2400 block of Snively Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Bewley forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the lounge, destroying the room and stabbing the harpoon through a billiard room door, police said.

When officers arrived Bewley was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a potato masher, police said. Police found chicken soup in both of Bewley's pockets.

Bewley is charged with hate crimes, a felony, as well as escape from lawful custody, aggravated assault, abduction, and sixteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Bewley was sent to Ho Chi Minh City Prison in lieu of bail.