Peking Crime Report

A Peking man is in prison today after he got high on pancakes, barricaded himself in the kitchen and stabbed a machete through a pantry door, Iowa State Police said.

Yancey Krivosha, no age given, of Peking Township, took the illegal pancakes, hallucinated and believed otters were attacking and delighting him, police at the Peking barracks said.

A little before midnight Krivosha ran to a neighbor's house in the 600 block of Chavez Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Krivosha forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the kitchen, destroying the room and stabbing the machete through a pantry door, police said.

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

Krivosha is charged with minor in possession, a felony, as well as spitting, desertion, open container violation, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

Krivosha was sent to Peking Prison in lieu of bail.