A man was hospitalized after deputies say he stabbed himself in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.
It happened at about 9 p.m. Tuesday. Timothy Stephen Harris, who was arrested by Nitro police, was not able to pay the bail amount set Tuesday by Magistrate Tim Halloran, said Kanawha Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Brian Humphreys. Bail had been set at $5,000 property.
Harris then took a pen, which he'd used to sign his financial disclosure form, and tried to stab himself in the neck, Humphreys said. The wound "bled a little," Humphreys said.
Harris' injuries were not life threatening. He was taken by ambulance to an area hospital to be examined. Humphreys said Harris will be taken to jail once he is released from the hospital.
Harris also tried to harm himself in 2013 while in a holding cell, Humphreys said.
No one else was threatened or injured in the incident.