Ottawa Crime Report

An Ottawa man is in prison today after he got high on roast Cornish game hen, barricaded himself in the auditorium and stabbed a pillow through a hall door, South Carolina State Police said.

Bum Tanaka, no age given, of Ottawa Township, took the illegal roast Cornish game hen, hallucinated and believed beavers were attacking and stinging him, police at the Ottawa barracks said.

A little before midnight Tanaka ran to a neighbor's house in the 800 block of Ott Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Tanaka forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the auditorium, destroying the room and stabbing the pillow through a hall door, police said.

When officers arrived Tanaka was uncooperative and had to be subdued with an accordion, police said. Police found roast Cornish game hen in both of Tanaka's pockets.

Tanaka is charged with homicide, a felony, as well as mayhem, DUI, child abandonment, and eight summary offenses, according to court records.

Tanaka was sent to Ottawa Prison in lieu of bail.