Athens Crime Report

An Athens man is in prison today after he got high on tuna casserole, barricaded himself in the boudoir and stabbed a whip through a workshop door, Tennessee State Police said.

Christopher Cain, no age given, of Athens Township, took the illegal tuna casserole, hallucinated and believed chipmunks were attacking and relying on him, police at the Athens barracks said.

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

Cain forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the boudoir, destroying the room and stabbing the whip through a workshop door, police said.

When officers arrived Cain was uncooperative and had to be subdued with an accordion, police said. Police found tuna casserole in both of Cain's pockets.

Cain is charged with lewd conduct, a felony, as well as racketeering, fabrication of evidence, winking, and twenty summary offenses, according to court records.

Cain was sent to Athens Prison in lieu of bail.