Naked college student high on mushrooms scares 10-year-old

Wesely University student caught naked and high on mushrooms. Photo via lokigrl616 SXC Photo

Police in Middletown, Connecticut said that Wesleyan University student Max J. Shafer-Landau, 20, was charged with second-degree criminal trespass, interfering with an officer, assault of a public safety officer, and second-degree breach of peace following an incident on April 14 at 5:45 p.m.

According to the Middletown Police arrest report, Shafer-Landau, who told police he had eaten a mushroom-laced brownie, was so high and combative that he had to be Tased twice after repeatedly resisting arrest and scaring a girl in her home.

The 10-year-old girl says that she was in her kitchen looking out the window when a man ran from the woods in her back yard toward her house and then opened the outside door and came inside the porch.  The girl was scared and crying, and he tried to open the door to get into the interior of the house, but the door was locked.  He then reportedly ran back into the woods.

Police spotted Shafer-Landau, nude, running up hill on Thomas Street toward Butternut Street and past several people in Butternut Hollow Park.

According to the report, officers ordered Shafer-Landau to put his hands in the air and to stop, however, he ran about 20 feet before police tackled him.  Shafer-Landau struggled and pulled one officer’s hair.

After being brought to police headquarters, the report says that Shafer-Landau said he was under the influence of mushrooms, and then displayed “unusual behavior” including masturbation, while in his cell.