Springfield Crime Report

A Springfield man is in prison today after he got high on beans, barricaded himself in the dining room and stabbed a butterfly net through a study door, Vermont State Police said.

Klaus Zhao, no age given, of Springfield Township, took the illegal beans, hallucinated and believed turtles were attacking and pinning him, police at the Springfield barracks said.

A little before midnight Zhao ran to a neighbor's house in the 2400 block of Bowman Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Zhao forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the dining room, destroying the room and stabbing the butterfly net through a study door, police said.

When officers arrived Zhao was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a squirt gun, police said. Police found beans in both of Zhao's pockets.

Zhao is charged with unlawful assembly, a felony, as well as forgery, hate crimes, putting the thumb to the nose, and three summary offenses, according to court records.

Zhao was sent to Springfield Prison in lieu of bail.