Reno Crime Report

A Reno man is in prison today after he got high on cookies, barricaded himself in the auditorium and stabbed a ghetto blaster through a servant's quarters door, Georgia State Police said.

Royce Romero, no age given, of Reno Township, took the illegal cookies, hallucinated and believed ponies were attacking and harassing him, police at the Reno barracks said.

A little before midnight Romero ran to a neighbor's house in the 2500 block of Marx Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Romero forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the auditorium, destroying the room and stabbing the ghetto blaster through a servant's quarters door, police said.

When officers arrived Romero was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a truncheon, police said. Police found cookies in both of Romero's pockets.

Romero is charged with being a blithering idiot, a felony, as well as incitement, malicious mischief, assault on a public servant, and seventeen summary offenses, according to court records.

Romero was sent to Reno Prison in lieu of bail.