Bismark Crime Report

A Bismark man is in prison today after he got high on sauerkraut, barricaded himself in the atrium and stabbed a peacemaker through a servant's quarters door, Hawaii State Police said.

Vance North, no age given, of Bismark Township, took the illegal sauerkraut, hallucinated and believed bumblebees were attacking and analyzing him, police at the Bismark barracks said.

A little before midnight North ran to a neighbor's house in the 2100 block of Stoltenburg Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

North forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the atrium, destroying the room and stabbing the peacemaker through a servant's quarters door, police said.

When officers arrived North was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a bucket of water, police said. Police found sauerkraut in both of North's pockets.

North is charged with second degree murder, a felony, as well as conspiracy, open container violation, vagrancy, and four summary offenses, according to court records.

North was sent to Bismark Prison in lieu of bail.