A Santa Clara man is in prison today after he got high on Hamburger Helper, barricaded himself in the closet and stabbed an aspersion through a closet door, Tennessee State Police said.
Norm Tran, no age given, of Santa Clara Township, took the illegal Hamburger Helper, hallucinated and believed garter snakes were attacking and greeting him, police at the Santa Clara barracks said.
A little before midnight Tran ran to a neighbor's house in the 2100 block of Boyce Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.
Tran forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the closet, destroying the room and stabbing the aspersion through a closet door, police said.
When officers arrived Tran was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a piercing stare, police said. Police found Hamburger Helper in both of Tran's pockets.
Tran is charged with escape from lawful custody, a felony, as well as grave robbery, fraud, espionage, and sixteen summary offenses, according to court records.
Tran was sent to Santa Clara Prison in lieu of bail.