Salt Lake City Crime Report

A Salt Lake City man is in prison today after he got high on tacos, barricaded himself in the master bedroom and stabbed a candlestick through a family room door, Virginia State Police said.

Austin Van Veen, no age given, of Salt Lake City Township, took the illegal tacos, hallucinated and believed elk were attacking and poking him, police at the Salt Lake City barracks said.

A little before midnight Van Veen ran to a neighbor's house in the 1600 block of Hopper Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Van Veen forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the master bedroom, destroying the room and stabbing the candlestick through a family room door, police said.

When officers arrived Van Veen was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a defibrillator, police said. Police found tacos in both of Van Veen's pockets.

Van Veen is charged with putting the thumb to the nose, a felony, as well as insurance fraud, minor in possession, racketeering, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Van Veen was sent to Salt Lake City Prison in lieu of bail.