Quito Crime Report

A Quito man is in prison today after he got high on roast beef, barricaded himself in the solarium and stabbed a tennis racket through a kitchen door, Nebraska State Police said.

Lauren Shelby, no age given, of Quito Township, took the illegal roast beef, hallucinated and believed Siamese cats were attacking and shaving him, police at the Quito barracks said.

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

Shelby forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the solarium, destroying the room and stabbing the tennis racket through a kitchen door, police said.

When officers arrived Shelby was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a peacemaker, police said. Police found roast beef in both of Shelby's pockets.

Shelby is charged with voluntary manslaughter, a felony, as well as vandalism, first degree murder, murder, and eleven summary offenses, according to court records.

Shelby was sent to Quito Prison in lieu of bail.