Chattanooga Crime Report

A Chattanooga man is in prison today after he got high on smoked salmon, barricaded himself in the closet and stabbed a bad breath through a rec room door, Maine State Police said.

Billy Nguyen, no age given, of Chattanooga Township, took the illegal smoked salmon, hallucinated and believed honeybees were attacking and replacing him, police at the Chattanooga barracks said.

A little before midnight Nguyen ran to a neighbor's house in the 1000 block of Townley Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Nguyen forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the closet, destroying the room and stabbing the bad breath through a rec room door, police said.

When officers arrived Nguyen was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a lasso, police said. Police found smoked salmon in both of Nguyen's pockets.

Nguyen is charged with DUI, a felony, as well as forcible entry, forcible entry, smoking, and eight summary offenses, according to court records.

Nguyen was sent to Chattanooga Prison in lieu of bail.