Columbia Crime Report

A Columbia man is in prison today after he got high on Cheerios, barricaded himself in the garage and stabbed a ukulele through a closet door, Wyoming State Police said.

Walter Jankowski, no age given, of Columbia Township, took the illegal Cheerios, hallucinated and believed manatees were attacking and chasing him, police at the Columbia barracks said.

A little before midnight Jankowski ran to a neighbor's house in the 2000 block of Frizzlewump Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Jankowski forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the garage, destroying the room and stabbing the ukulele through a closet door, police said.

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

Jankowski is charged with mayhem, a felony, as well as DWI, dereliction of duty, unlawful assembly, and eight summary offenses, according to court records.

Jankowski was sent to Columbia Prison in lieu of bail.