Some more background. Why was this turd let out?
“Subject on the AT we received several complaints about has been located and checked by North Carolina Law Enforcement in Madison County,” Hensley wrote on Facebook.
The man was reportedly in possession of marijuana, a pipe, and a 20-inch knife, according to the sheriff.
“He was slurring his words, trouble standing to the point I allowed him to rest on the hood of my car,” the report said.
Investigators said he had bloodshot eyes and smelled of marijuana so they searched him and that’s when they found the knife and drugs.
According to WCYB, other charges in Unicoi County against Jordan are pending and in other jurisdictions along the trail.
Earlier Monday, the man had been described as armed with a machete and dangerous — but then the Madison County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina told WLOS in Asheville that they had made contact with the man, and didn’t believe there was a threat.
Investigators said the object initially believed to be a machete was a guitar, and that the man has made no criminal threats and wasn’t going to be charged with a crime.
However, Unicoi authorities said a suspect caused a disturbance in the Sams Gap Area and was under the influence of an intoxicant. The suspect reportedly gave investigators a fake name and identification, according to the report.
Unicoi County had him and let him go...local businesses want that hiker money...elderly residents very nervous, but well armed.