Charleston Crime Report

A Charleston man is in prison today after he got high on crab rangoon, barricaded himself in the boudoir and stabbed a water balloon through an outhouse door, Florida State Police said.

Cat Piper, no age given, of Charleston Township, took the illegal crab rangoon, hallucinated and believed sharks were attacking and defeating him, police at the Charleston barracks said.

A little before midnight Piper ran to a neighbor's house in the 1700 block of Sattler Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Piper forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the boudoir, destroying the room and stabbing the water balloon through an outhouse door, police said.

When officers arrived Piper was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a branding iron, police said. Police found crab rangoon in both of Piper's pockets.

Piper is charged with aggravated assault, a felony, as well as manslaughter, child abuse, extortion, and nine summary offenses, according to court records.

Piper was sent to Charleston Prison in lieu of bail.