Rochester Crime Report

A Rochester man is in prison today after he got high on strawberry shortcake, barricaded himself in the atrium and stabbed a snowball through an outhouse door, Idaho State Police said.

Ira Morgan, no age given, of Rochester Township, took the illegal strawberry shortcake, hallucinated and believed ponies were attacking and transforming him, police at the Rochester barracks said.

A little before midnight Morgan ran to a neighbor's house in the 1500 block of Vaniman Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Morgan forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the atrium, destroying the room and stabbing the snowball through an outhouse door, police said.

When officers arrived Morgan was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a dart gun, police said. Police found strawberry shortcake in both of Morgan's pockets.

Morgan is charged with computer crime, a felony, as well as putting the thumb to the nose, amphetamine distribution, disorderly conduct, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Morgan was sent to Rochester Prison in lieu of bail.