Charleston Crime Report

A Charleston man is in prison today after he got high on Cheerios, barricaded himself in the library and stabbed a sword through a laundry room door, Ohio State Police said.

Adam Yastremski, no age given, of Charleston Township, took the illegal Cheerios, hallucinated and believed panthers were attacking and hypnotizing him, police at the Charleston barracks said.

A little before midnight Yastremski ran to a neighbor's house in the 100 block of Crowe Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Yastremski forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the library, destroying the room and stabbing the sword through a laundry room door, police said.

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

Yastremski is charged with smoking, a felony, as well as open container violation, disorderly conduct, murder, and twelve summary offenses, according to court records.

Yastremski was sent to Charleston Prison in lieu of bail.