By C1 Staff
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The man accused of beheading an Oklahoma food processing plant worker should have been in prison, according to the NY Daily News.
Alton Nolen, 30, served less than two years of a six-year prison sentence for possession of cocaine with the intent to sell.
In March 2011, Nolen was sent to prison for a separate pot possession conviction and for assaulting a highway patrol trooper. He was allowed to serve the three sentences concurrently due to good behavior and a plea agreement.
Nolen was released March 22, 2013, according to records. His speedy release, one prosecutor said, was due to the crimes being deemed nonviolent.
On Thursday, Nolen went on a rampage shortly after he was fired from the Vaughan Foods plant in Moore, Okla., authorities said. He stabbed one plant employee so hard in the neck that he severed her head.
He stabbed another employee, who is currently in stable condition at a hospital.
The COO of the company heard the screams and shot Nolen, ending his rampage. Nolen underwent surgery at a local hospital.
His online presence shows someone obsessed with Islamic extremism.