This Guy Really Doesn't Like Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE -- An Illinois trucker has left a path of destruction in New Mexico in what authorities say was a ''meth-induced rage.''

Eric Dubach, 28, of Mount Vernon, Ill., caused $500,000 in damage when he drove his truck through fences, rammed parked vehicles, homes and businesses, and ran over signs around 4:30 a.m. Sunday in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White said.

Dubach told authorities he stopped his tractor-trailer at a truck stop off Interstate 40, unhitched his trailer and snorted a ''couple of grams'' of methamphetamine before going on the joy ride, White said.

Dubach told officers he didn't like Albuquerque and wanted to mess it up, White said.

At one point, Dubach forced another truck parked in the driveway of a home through the garage door, White said. Dubach then backed up and eventually was stopped when he drove through a retaining wall, the sheriff said.

At least four homes, five businesses and 24 cars -- some of them totaled -- were damaged, White said.

''If you could see it, it was like a tornado that went through this small community,'' he said.

Dubach was charged with criminal damage to property. His criminal history dates to at least 1996. AP