Baton Rouge Crime Report

A Baton Rouge man is in prison today after he got high on chicken pot pie, barricaded himself in the patio and stabbed a pop gun through a porch door, North Dakota State Police said.

Edwin Mann, no age given, of Baton Rouge Township, took the illegal chicken pot pie, hallucinated and believed gerbils were attacking and glaring at him, police at the Baton Rouge barracks said.

A little before midnight Mann ran to a neighbor's house in the 1600 block of Diaz Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Mann forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the patio, destroying the room and stabbing the pop gun through a porch door, police said.

When officers arrived Mann was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a Nerf bat, police said. Police found chicken pot pie in both of Mann's pockets.

Mann is charged with tax fraud, a felony, as well as conspiracy, second degree murder, pandering, and two summary offenses, according to court records.

Mann was sent to Baton Rouge Prison in lieu of bail.