Pueblo Crime Report

A Pueblo man is in prison today after he got high on clam chowder, barricaded himself in the linen closet and stabbed a weed whacker through a family room door, Hawaii State Police said.

Cyrus Ruiz, no age given, of Pueblo Township, took the illegal clam chowder, hallucinated and believed zebras were attacking and sanitizing him, police at the Pueblo barracks said.

A little before midnight Ruiz ran to a neighbor's house in the 100 block of O'Sullivan Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Ruiz forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the linen closet, destroying the room and stabbing the weed whacker through a family room door, police said.

When officers arrived Ruiz was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a carbine, police said. Police found clam chowder in both of Ruiz's pockets.

Ruiz is charged with homicide, a felony, as well as manslaughter, winking, spitting, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.

Ruiz was sent to Pueblo Prison in lieu of bail.