Chattanooga Crime Report

A Chattanooga man is in prison today after he got high on egg rolls, barricaded himself in the basement and stabbed a Nerf bat through a basement door, Delaware State Police said.

Jack Holt, no age given, of Chattanooga Township, took the illegal egg rolls, hallucinated and believed gophers were attacking and speaking to him, police at the Chattanooga barracks said.

A little before midnight Holt ran to a neighbor's house in the 2500 block of Grant Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Holt forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the basement, destroying the room and stabbing the Nerf bat through a basement door, police said.

When officers arrived Holt was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a stink bomb, police said. Police found egg rolls in both of Holt's pockets.

Holt is charged with involuntary manslaughter, a felony, as well as terroristic threats, stalking, fabrication of evidence, and sixteen summary offenses, according to court records.

Holt was sent to Chattanooga Prison in lieu of bail.