Salem Crime Report

A Salem man is in prison today after he got high on dirty rice, barricaded himself in the doghouse and stabbed a Molotov cocktail through a laundry room door, Mississippi State Police said.

Stephen Hicks, no age given, of Salem Township, took the illegal dirty rice, hallucinated and believed lobsters were attacking and cuddling him, police at the Salem barracks said.

A little before midnight Hicks ran to a neighbor's house in the 2400 block of Stoltenburg Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Hicks forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the doghouse, destroying the room and stabbing the Molotov cocktail through a laundry room door, police said.

When officers arrived Hicks was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a shoe, police said. Police found dirty rice in both of Hicks's pockets.

Hicks is charged with theft, a felony, as well as public intoxication, harassment, incitement, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Hicks was sent to Salem Prison in lieu of bail.