Timbuktu Crime Report

A Timbuktu man is in prison today after he got high on clam chowder, barricaded himself in the doghouse and stabbed a witty reparteé through a salon door, Wisconsin State Police said.

Marcus Ramos, no age given, of Timbuktu Township, took the illegal clam chowder, hallucinated and believed camels were attacking and shunning him, police at the Timbuktu barracks said.

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

Ramos forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the doghouse, destroying the room and stabbing the witty reparteé through a salon door, police said.

When officers arrived Ramos was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a scalpel, police said. Police found clam chowder in both of Ramos's pockets.

Ramos is charged with libel, a felony, as well as forcible entry, murder, forgery, and ten summary offenses, according to court records.

Ramos was sent to Timbuktu Prison in lieu of bail.