Riverside Crime Report

A Riverside man is in prison today after he got high on chicken chow mein, barricaded himself in the closet and stabbed a potato masher through an outhouse door, Texas State Police said.

Howard Kemp, no age given, of Riverside Township, took the illegal chicken chow mein, hallucinated and believed dachshunds were attacking and ostracizing him, police at the Riverside barracks said.

A little before midnight Kemp ran to a neighbor's house in the 2200 block of Eaton Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Kemp forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the closet, destroying the room and stabbing the potato masher through an outhouse door, police said.

When officers arrived Kemp was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a stash of bribe money, police said. Police found chicken chow mein in both of Kemp's pockets.

Kemp is charged with evading arrest, a felony, as well as criminal contempt, cursing, open container violation, and five summary offenses, according to court records.

Kemp was sent to Riverside Prison in lieu of bail.