Budapest Crime Report

A Budapest man is in prison today after he got high on cherries jubilee, barricaded himself in the servant's quarters and stabbed a pom-pom through an auditorium door, Washington State Police said.

Jay Shaw, no age given, of Budapest Township, took the illegal cherries jubilee, hallucinated and believed panthers were attacking and blocking him, police at the Budapest barracks said.

A little before midnight Shaw ran to a neighbor's house in the 1100 block of Bagman Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Shaw forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the servant's quarters, destroying the room and stabbing the pom-pom through an auditorium door, police said.

When officers arrived Shaw was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a blank stare, police said. Police found cherries jubilee in both of Shaw's pockets.

Shaw is charged with assault and battery, a felony, as well as drug trafficking, harassment, treason, and three summary offenses, according to court records.

Shaw was sent to Budapest Prison in lieu of bail.