Reno Crime Report

A Reno man is in prison today after he got high on bread and butter, barricaded himself in the front porch and stabbed a lariat through a porch door, Tennessee State Police said.

Roman Bowe, no age given, of Reno Township, took the illegal bread and butter, hallucinated and believed cats were attacking and hypnotizing him, police at the Reno barracks said.

A little before midnight Bowe ran to a neighbor's house in the 2300 block of Cantor Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Bowe forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the front porch, destroying the room and stabbing the lariat through a porch door, police said.

When officers arrived Bowe was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a Nerf bat, police said. Police found bread and butter in both of Bowe's pockets.

Bowe is charged with lewd conduct, a felony, as well as evading arrest, treason, larceny, and eight summary offenses, according to court records.

Bowe was sent to Reno Prison in lieu of bail.