Alcohol reportedly played a factor in several incidents in Cartersville that landed a few folks in jail over the weekend.

Police reports chronicling the strange happenings caught our eye here at Cartersville Patch, prompting us to add them to our weird crime rolls. Father: 'I'm Going To Cut Your Ass Up'

A local man Sunday was arrested after allegedly threatening his son with a machete. John Henry Johnson, 63, of Magnolia Drive in Cartersville, allegedly was highly intoxicated when police responded to the home to a report of threats about 11:30 p.m.

The alleged victim, 42, said he was lying in his bed when Johnson came in and started yelling about him eating all the food in the house, according to the Bartow County Sheriff's Office incident report, attached. Johnson allegedly left for a short time and returned with "a machete in his hands and started making comments [such as], 'I'm going to cut your ass up.'" A witness said she later spotted Johnson in the hall and living room swinging the big knife.

When police spoke to him, Johnson "was highly intoxicated and was just muttering to himself," according to the report. He was arrested and charged with terroristic threats and acts under the Family Violence Act.

Man, Asked to Leave, Rams Garage with Truck



An intoxicated man who had been asked to leave is accused of ramming a garage door with his truck after being locked out. Matthew Storm Scarbrough, 18, of Sassafras Trail in Cartersville, arrived Sunday at his friend's Sugarberry Place home "extremely intoxicated," and after about an hour, they convinced Scarbrough he needed to leave, according to the BCSO report.