Sunnyvale Crime Report

A Sunnyvale man is in prison today after he got high on egg drop soup, barricaded himself in the study and stabbed a peacemaker through a bathroom door, Arizona State Police said.

Louis Smirnov, no age given, of Sunnyvale Township, took the illegal egg drop soup, hallucinated and believed mosquitoes were attacking and cuddling him, police at the Sunnyvale barracks said.

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

Smirnov forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the study, destroying the room and stabbing the peacemaker through a bathroom door, police said.

When officers arrived Smirnov was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a pom-pom, police said. Police found egg drop soup in both of Smirnov's pockets.

Smirnov is charged with public intoxication, a felony, as well as fraud, child abandonment, insurance fraud, and three summary offenses, according to court records.

Smirnov was sent to Sunnyvale Prison in lieu of bail.