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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Father of Two Found Huffing Shoe Glue In Front Of Kids

Via Beaver County Times in Pennsylvania:

A 33 year-old father of two has been accused of huffing. Last Sunday police responded to a report of child endangerment. Two officers responded and “were immediately hit with an overpowering smell of a solvent.”

An infant was sitting in a car seat about 3 feet from a man with two tubes of shoe glue and a plastic bag containing the substance. The report notes that another empty tube of the product was on a stand next to the chair.

The man told the officers he had been using the substance to repair his shoes but when the shoes couldn’t be located, he responded he had repaired them weeks ago. The officers noted the strong smell in the house along with “a strong solvent odor coming from his breath and body.” In addition they noted he also seemed “disoriented, confused, and had watery, bloodshot eyes and slurred speech.”

The man’s wife gave police a written statement that he had been inhaling glue all day. He was charged with “two counts of endangering the welfare of children and one count of illegal use of certain solvents and noxious substances.”

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