Ho Chi Minh City Crime Report

A Ho Chi Minh City man is in prison today after he got high on chocolate-covered ants, barricaded himself in the parlor and stabbed a machete through a master bathroom door, Idaho State Police said.

Tracy Palensky, no age given, of Ho Chi Minh City Township, took the illegal chocolate-covered ants, hallucinated and believed garter snakes were attacking and outwitting him, police at the Ho Chi Minh City barracks said.

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

Palensky forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the parlor, destroying the room and stabbing the machete through a master bathroom door, police said.

When officers arrived Palensky was uncooperative and had to be subdued with an air rifle, police said. Police found chocolate-covered ants in both of Palensky's pockets.

Palensky is charged with hanky-panky, a felony, as well as aggravated assault, tax evasion, bribery, and eleven summary offenses, according to court records.

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