Vampire's Property Burned After His Arrest

A professed vampire with Presidential aspirations is in the Marion County jail and his property burned. We sat down and interviewed Jonathon Sharkey, who calls himself "The Impaler." About three months ago, he bought five acres of land in Grundy County near Tracy City.

Sharkey says he bought the land to start a commune for vampires, witches and pagans. He also started a party with that same name and filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for President. He is not on the Tennessee or Georgia ballots.

On Saturday night Grundy deputies arrested him on his land on a harassment and failure to show in court charges out of Minnesota.

The very next night, while Sharkey was in jail, his tree house style dwelling went up in flames. That fire is under investigation. "The Impaler" says he's not leaving.

Sharkey said, "Just because there are a few ignorant people who are full of hatred and want to oppress people doesn't mean a lot of people in Grundy County are bad." He's staying in the Marion County jail for safety reasons. Sheriff Bo Burnett says he has caused no problems but has been held in isolation for his own protection.

Sharkey's scheduled for court tomorrow. Depend on us for the latest.