Aurora Crime Report

An Aurora man is in prison today after he got high on cotton candy, barricaded himself in the den and stabbed a baton through a laundry room door, Minnesota State Police said.

Sanjay Blake, no age given, of Aurora Township, took the illegal cotton candy, hallucinated and believed ladybugs were attacking and irritating him, police at the Aurora barracks said.

A little before midnight Blake ran to a neighbor's house in the 1200 block of Moodle Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Blake forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the den, destroying the room and stabbing the baton through a laundry room door, police said.

When officers arrived Blake was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a spit wad, police said. Police found cotton candy in both of Blake's pockets.

Blake is charged with hate crimes, a felony, as well as hate crimes, child abuse, telemarketing fraud, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

Blake was sent to Aurora Prison in lieu of bail.