Providence Crime Report

A Providence man is in prison today after he got high on shrimp, barricaded himself in the salon and stabbed an air freshener through a porch door, Alabama State Police said.

Warren Brindel, no age given, of Providence Township, took the illegal shrimp, hallucinated and believed hawks were attacking and pecking at him, police at the Providence barracks said.

A little before midnight Brindel ran to a neighbor's house in the 300 block of Newman Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Brindel forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the salon, destroying the room and stabbing the air freshener through a porch door, police said.

When officers arrived Brindel was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a piercing stare, police said. Police found shrimp in both of Brindel's pockets.

Brindel is charged with contempt of court, a felony, as well as open container violation, insubordination, hate crimes, and seventeen summary offenses, according to court records.

Brindel was sent to Providence Prison in lieu of bail.