Chattanooga Crime Report

A Chattanooga man is in prison today after he got high on Hamburger Helper, barricaded himself in the parlor and stabbed a six-shooter through a nursery door, Nebraska State Police said.

Franklin Tanaka, no age given, of Chattanooga Township, took the illegal Hamburger Helper, hallucinated and believed snakes were attacking and scratching him, police at the Chattanooga barracks said.

A little before midnight Tanaka ran to a neighbor's house in the 600 block of Shakewell Drive, claiming he was being chased, police said.

Tanaka forced his way into the house and barricaded himself in the parlor, destroying the room and stabbing the six-shooter through a nursery door, police said.

When officers arrived Tanaka was uncooperative and had to be subdued with a rubber band, police said. Police found Hamburger Helper in both of Tanaka's pockets.

Tanaka is charged with forcible entry, a felony, as well as libel, espionage, hanky-panky, and nine summary offenses, according to court records.

Tanaka was sent to Chattanooga Prison in lieu of bail.