Salinas Crime Report

A Salinas man is in prison today after he got high on hash, barricaded himself in the bedroom and stabbed a knife through a laundry room door, Tennessee State Police said.

Simeon Nolan, no age given, of Salinas Township, took the illegal hash, hallucinated and believed burros were attacking and rejecting him, police at the Salinas barracks said.

A little before midnight Nolan ran to a neighbor's house in the 500 block of McGraw Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Nolan forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the bedroom, destroying the room and stabbing the knife through a laundry room door, police said.

When officers arrived Nolan was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a six-shooter, police said. Police found hash in both of Nolan's pockets.

Nolan is charged with aggravated assault, a felony, as well as slander, abuse of authority, wire fraud, and two summary offenses, according to court records.

Nolan was sent to Salinas Prison in lieu of bail.