Paris Crime Report

A Paris man is in prison today after he got high on crab rangoon, barricaded himself in the game room and stabbed a dirt clod through a servant's quarters door, Connecticut State Police said.

Demetrius Cochran, no age given, of Paris Township, took the illegal crab rangoon, hallucinated and believed cocker spaniels were attacking and needling him, police at the Paris barracks said.

A little before midnight Cochran ran to a neighbor's house in the 1500 block of Roman Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Cochran forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the game room, destroying the room and stabbing the dirt clod through a servant's quarters door, police said.

When officers arrived Cochran was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a lance, police said. Police found crab rangoon in both of Cochran's pockets.

Cochran is charged with spitting, a felony, as well as slander, embezzlement, kidnapping, and two summary offenses, according to court records.

Cochran was sent to Paris Prison in lieu of bail.