Jacksonville Crime Report

A Jacksonville man is in prison today after he got high on tuna casserole, barricaded himself in the rec room and stabbed a lead pipe through a laundry room door, California State Police said.

Newton Funk, no age given, of Jacksonville Township, took the illegal tuna casserole, hallucinated and believed goldfish were attacking and dating him, police at the Jacksonville barracks said.

A little before midnight Funk ran to a neighbor's house in the 900 block of Marks Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Funk forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the rec room, destroying the room and stabbing the lead pipe through a laundry room door, police said.

When officers arrived Funk was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a butcher knife, police said. Police found tuna casserole in both of Funk's pockets.

Funk is charged with homicide, a felony, as well as resisting arrest, assault on a public servant, espionage, and eleven summary offenses, according to court records.

Funk was sent to Jacksonville Prison in lieu of bail.