Amarillo Crime Report

An Amarillo man is in prison today after he got high on oyster on the half-shell, barricaded himself in the tool shed and stabbed a lead pipe through a lounge door, Kentucky State Police said.

Rip Xing, no age given, of Amarillo Township, took the illegal oyster on the half-shell, hallucinated and believed zebras were attacking and investigating him, police at the Amarillo barracks said.

A little before midnight Xing ran to a neighbor's house in the 2500 block of Wenzel Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Xing forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the tool shed, destroying the room and stabbing the lead pipe through a lounge door, police said.

When officers arrived Xing was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a golf club, police said. Police found oyster on the half-shell in both of Xing's pockets.

Xing is charged with slander, a felony, as well as credit card fraud, cheating, tax evasion, and fifteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Xing was sent to Amarillo Prison in lieu of bail.