Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Cops: Gwinnett man ate feces after snorting bath salts
AJC ^ | July 6, 2012 | Christopher Hong

Posted on 07/07/2012 7:08:25 AM PDT by Drew68

A 21-year-old Gwinnett man allegedly under the influence of bath salts was arrested this week after he tried to fight a police officer and consumed his own feces, police said.

Officers arrived at a residence on the 2100 block of Worrall Hill Drive around 4 p.m. on July 3 after a woman told police her son, Matthew Hammond, was "walking around out of his mind, armed with a knife," according to a police incident report.

When the officer pulled up to a house, the man sprinted towards his car.

Hammond chased after the car as the officer pulled away. When the officer stopped, Hammond ran next to the car and violently pulled on the locked doors and banged on the windows, according to the report. The officer pulled his gun and ordered Hammond to step away and drop the silver object in his hands, later identified as a cell phone. Hammond dropped the knife before the officer came, and Hammond's brother took it back in the house, according to the report.

Hammond refused the officer's orders and challenged the officer to a fight. Hammond eventually got on the ground and the officer arrested him.

Hammond continued to act bizarrely once in custody. He spoke in fragmented sentences about random subjects, repeatedly quoting a hot sauce commercial phrase, "I put that [expletive] on everything." He also appeared to be hallucinating and spoke to imaginary people.

Meanwhile, the officer smelled a "strong odor of excrement emitting from his breath" and said he appeared to have "feces in his mouth and on his teeth," according to the report.

The officer took Hammond to the Gwinnett County Jail, where medical staff determined he needed medical treatment. Hammond, who was yelling and kicking windows, had to be restrained during the ride to the Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville.

Hammond eventually told officers he smoked marijuana, drank alcohol and snorted "a lot" of bath salts, according to the report.

When the officer asked Hammond why he had a knife, he responded, "Yo, somebody was about to get stabbed," according to the report.

Hammond was eventually released from the hospital and taken back to jail, where he is being held on felony obstruction and disorderly conduct charges without bond.

Hammond's arrest is the second violent drug arrest in Gwinnett County this week, police said.

"It seems like it's becoming more prevalent," said Corp. Jake Smith, a Gwinnett police spokesman. "But it's not nearly as common as the other drugs, like meth and marijuana."

On July 2, Gwinnett police responded to a man running nude at a Lilburn driving range, Smith said. The man continued to resist arrest after he was pepper sprayed and Tasered. He told police he had smoked marijuana laced with chemicals.

Smith said people on bath salts are usually more violent than other drug users.

"They don't feel much pain," he said.

Smith said the department is educating officers to recognize the signs of synthetic drugs as they become more prevalent in Gwinnett County.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: bathsalts; drugs; legalisation; wod; wosd; zombieapocalypse
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-32 next last

The zombie apocalypse is coming courtesy of bath salts, available over the counter at your local quickie-mart!

1 posted on 07/07/2012 7:08:31 AM PDT by Drew68
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Drew68

Hey who doesn’t want to use drugs that make crap sound like a tasty alternative to human flesh?


2 posted on 07/07/2012 7:11:07 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Drew68

This nut was trying to act out “ESAD.”


3 posted on 07/07/2012 7:11:16 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Drew68

It’s too bad people nowadays don’t recognize demon possession, even when it bites them in the face. Sure, blame it on “bath salts.”


4 posted on 07/07/2012 7:11:25 AM PDT by WXRGina (Further up and further in!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pearls Before Swine
When the officer pulled up to a house, the man sprinted towards his car.

Shufflers I can deal with but man I hate rage zombies.
5 posted on 07/07/2012 7:13:23 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

Comment #6 Removed by Moderator

To: cripplecreek
Shufflers I can deal with but man I hate rage zombies.

Hollywood has mislead us all these years. Turns out zombies are fast.

7 posted on 07/07/2012 7:15:29 AM PDT by Drew68 (I WILL vote to defeat Barack Hussein Obama!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Drew68

Part of the new food pyramid?


8 posted on 07/07/2012 7:16:19 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Drew68
Cops: Gwinnett man ate feces after snorting bath salts

Hey Obama! Snort bath salts!

9 posted on 07/07/2012 7:25:32 AM PDT by Lazamataz (People who resort to Godwin's Law are just like Hitler.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Drew68

How did my wife end up cooking him dinner?


10 posted on 07/07/2012 7:25:43 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Drew68

I have a septic tank needing his services if available.


11 posted on 07/07/2012 7:26:02 AM PDT by bikerman (Obama lied,economy died.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Drew68

“Hammond (who consumed his own feces) dropped the knife before the officer came, and Hammond’s brother took it back in the house, according to the report.”

I hope he washed his hands real well after handling that object. Yuk.


12 posted on 07/07/2012 7:27:24 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (All libs and most dems think that life is just a sponge bath, with a happy ending.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pearls Before Swine
This nut was trying to act out “ESAD.”

My first thought too when I saw the headline.

13 posted on 07/07/2012 7:28:19 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Drew68
Gwinnett man ate feces after snorting bath salts

Well, it would be even weirder if he did it before snorting the bath salts.

14 posted on 07/07/2012 7:30:06 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Roger Taney? Not a bad Chief Justice. John Roberts? A really awful Chief Justice.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeStatement

“Part of the new food pyramid?”

Yes. It’s at the bottom of the new food pyramid!


15 posted on 07/07/2012 7:30:48 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Drew68

"You eat $%^t for breakfast?"

16 posted on 07/07/2012 7:34:15 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Drew68

This just in: Government bans bathrooms.


17 posted on 07/07/2012 7:37:36 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Drew68

20% of Baraq’s supporters lay awake at night worried about undetectable trace amounts of pollutants in our food and drinking water.

And 10% of Baraq’s supporters are eating sh!t.

God help us all.............


18 posted on 07/07/2012 7:39:14 AM PDT by nascarnation
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: WXRGina
It’s too bad people nowadays don’t recognize demon possession, even when it bites them in the face. Sure, blame it on “bath salts.”

Actually, I think I'll blame the bath salts. It's ironic. In an effort to circumvent drug laws, enterprising chemists have cooked up some drugs that appear to be far worse than the illegal ones they're replacing. I say "appear" because I haven't myself tried bath salts. From what I've read, I don't think I'm missing out.

19 posted on 07/07/2012 7:39:38 AM PDT by Drew68 (I WILL vote to defeat Barack Hussein Obama!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Drew68
Gwinnett man ate feces after snorting bath salts

Officer, can you describe the type of grin the man had?

20 posted on 07/07/2012 7:49:55 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (If a gay guy wants a man date, give him a tax.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-32 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson