Aurora Crime Report

An Aurora man is in prison today after he got high on fried chicken, barricaded himself in the conservatory and stabbed a Molotov cocktail through a billiard room door, Kansas State Police said.

Cornelius Ordway, no age given, of Aurora Township, took the illegal fried chicken, hallucinated and believed cheetahs were attacking and scaring him, police at the Aurora barracks said.

A little before midnight Ordway ran to a neighbor's house in the 1400 block of Fodor Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Ordway forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the conservatory, destroying the room and stabbing the Molotov cocktail through a billiard room door, police said.

When officers arrived Ordway was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a water balloon, police said. Police found fried chicken in both of Ordway's pockets.

Ordway is charged with vandalism, a felony, as well as manslaughter, tax fraud, arson, and five summary offenses, according to court records.

Ordway was sent to Aurora Prison in lieu of bail.