Paris Crime Report

A Paris man is in prison today after he got high on Hamburger Helper, barricaded himself in the boiler room and stabbed a magic spell through an oubliette door, Virginia State Police said.

Abel Chang, no age given, of Paris Township, took the illegal Hamburger Helper, hallucinated and believed falcons were attacking and doubting him, police at the Paris barracks said.

A little before midnight Chang ran to a neighbor's house in the 600 block of McGregor Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Chang forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the boiler room, destroying the room and stabbing the magic spell through an oubliette door, police said.

When officers arrived Chang was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a pair of bare hands, police said. Police found Hamburger Helper in both of Chang's pockets.

Chang is charged with being a blithering idiot, a felony, as well as shoplifting, theft, money laundering, and nineteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Chang was sent to Paris Prison in lieu of bail.