Manhattan Crime Report

A Manhattan man is in prison today after he got high on pot roast, barricaded himself in the attic and stabbed a machete through an atrium door, Tennessee State Police said.

Adrian Cruz, no age given, of Manhattan Township, took the illegal pot roast, hallucinated and believed llamas were attacking and writing him, police at the Manhattan barracks said.

A little before midnight Cruz ran to a neighbor's house in the 800 block of Prescott Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Cruz forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the attic, destroying the room and stabbing the machete through an atrium door, police said.

When officers arrived Cruz was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a blunderbuss, police said. Police found pot roast in both of Cruz's pockets.

Cruz is charged with cursing, a felony, as well as criminal contempt, bribery, vagrancy, and seven summary offenses, according to court records.

Cruz was sent to Manhattan Prison in lieu of bail.