6:10 a.m. CDT, May 12, 2011

A 42-year-old Indiana woman who authorities believe was high on bath salts trashed a hotel room Wednesday, Indiana State Police said this morning.

Police said Tammy Winter of Demotte was sitting on bed when they arrived at the hotel on State Road 114 near Rensselaer, rambing about evil spirits and needing to write on the walls of the room to protect her from the spirits.

A family member who was present told police that Winter was an abuser of bath salts. When snorted, bath salts cause hallucinations, police said.

Winter was arrested and charged with criminal mischief and resisting officers after she became combative and needed to be restrained at the Jasper County Jail, police said. Both are misdemeanors.

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