Naked, muddy and bloody burglary suspect says he took mushrooms with Jesus, KY cops say

A Kentucky man was arrested early Thursday morning after he was accused of burglarizing a home while he was naked, according to the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office was initially dispatched to an area in Owensboro after a report of a naked man trying to hit vehicles with his hand, deputies said. While they were on their way, they learned of a burglary in progress in the area, police said.

Deputies found 41-year-old John Stefanopoulos of Owensboro outside a home naked and covered in blood and mud, deputies said.

Stefanopoulos ran toward one of the responding deputies, and the deputy deployed his Taser, striking him in the abdomen, an arrest citation states. He was then put in handcuffs before trying to run at the deputy again, according to the citation.

After being read his rights, Stefanopoulos said he took “mushrooms with Jesus and that they were playing a virtual reality game together,” the deputy said. He said the deputies were not real and were a part of the game, according to the citation.

The owners of the home told deputies they had never seen Stefanopoulos, the citation says. They found Stefanopoulos in their home “vandalizing items in their hallway,” deputies said.

Deputies found the front door of the home was broken, a hole in the drywall, and blood smeared on walls in multiple rooms, on windows and in floors, according to the sheriff’s office.

Stefanopoulos was charged with first-degree indecent exposure, second-degree burglary, first-degree criminal mischief and public intoxication of a controlled substance, records show. He was placed in the Daviess County Detention Center.

This story was originally published July 16, 2020 at 3:05 PM with the headline "Naked, muddy and bloody burglary suspect says he took mushrooms with Jesus, KY cops say."