Midland Crime Report

A Midland man is in prison today after he got high on macaroni, barricaded himself in the porch and stabbed a political action committee through a linen closet door, Colorado State Police said.

Angelo Vaniman, no age given, of Midland Township, took the illegal macaroni, hallucinated and believed turtles were attacking and delighting him, police at the Midland barracks said.

A little before midnight Vaniman ran to a neighbor's house in the 700 block of Murdoch Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Vaniman forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the porch, destroying the room and stabbing the political action committee through a linen closet door, police said.

When officers arrived Vaniman was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a soldering iron, police said. Police found macaroni in both of Vaniman's pockets.

Vaniman is charged with being ugly in public, a felony, as well as minor in possession, espionage, eavesdropping, and ten summary offenses, according to court records.

Vaniman was sent to Midland Prison in lieu of bail.