Kyoto Crime Report

A Kyoto man is in prison today after he got high on catfish stew, barricaded himself in the closet and stabbed a potato masher through a boiler room door, Kansas State Police said.

Lear Shapiro, no age given, of Kyoto Township, took the illegal catfish stew, hallucinated and believed buffalo were attacking and outwitting him, police at the Kyoto barracks said.

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

Shapiro forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the closet, destroying the room and stabbing the potato masher through a boiler room door, police said.

When officers arrived Shapiro was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a pair of bare hands, police said. Police found catfish stew in both of Shapiro's pockets.

Shapiro is charged with first degree murder, a felony, as well as child endangerment, vandalism, child abuse, and two summary offenses, according to court records.

Shapiro was sent to Kyoto Prison in lieu of bail.