Saõ Paulo Crime Report

A Saõ Paulo man is in prison today after he got high on catfish stew, barricaded himself in the servant's quarters and stabbed a wet washrag through a doghouse door, South Dakota State Police said.

Max Hart, no age given, of Saõ Paulo Township, took the illegal catfish stew, hallucinated and believed frogs were attacking and attacking him, police at the Saõ Paulo barracks said.

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

Hart forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the servant's quarters, destroying the room and stabbing the wet washrag through a doghouse door, police said.

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

Hart is charged with hate crimes, a felony, as well as solicitation, drug possession, treason, and two summary offenses, according to court records.

Hart was sent to Saõ Paulo Prison in lieu of bail.