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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Pennsylvania Woman Found Guilty of Third Degree Murder After Huffing Accident

Via WeAreCentralPA.com

A 22-year-old Pennsylvania woman was found guilty of 11 of 12 charges including felony counts of third degree murder, aggravated assault and homicide by vehicle while under the influence.   Jury deliberations lasted around 2 hours.

The jury held the woman responsible for a 2012 crash that killed a 25-year-old.  The woman had been huffing a can of computer duster before the crash.

Oregon Man Killed in Huffing Related Crash

Via KPTV.com

A 30-year-old Oregon man was killed after huffing and crashing his car into several trees in a Portland area park.

Investigators say the man was driving at a high rate of speed when he failed to follow the road to the right and drove through the park.  His car hit several trees before coming to a stop.  Police say there was evidence found that shows the man had been huffing inhalants prior to the crash.  Additional drug paraphernalia was also discovered.  A dog in the car was also killed in the crash.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Michigan Man Arrested for Huffing in Parking Lot

Via MonroeNews.com 

A 33-year-old Michigan man was arrested for huffing in a parking lot.  The man was on probation for resisting arrest, and a term of the probation included a ban on huffing from aerosol cans.

Police approached the man's truck in a parking lot.  A deputy could see the man in the back seat huffing computer dusters.  At first the man refused to unlock the door, but then changed his mind. Police found several other cans of computer duster spray inside the vehicle.  The man was arrested and lodged in the county jail.

Friday, October 24, 2014

Idaho Man Caught Huffing in Parking Lot

Via MagicValley.com

A 28-year-old Idaho man was caught huffing in his car.  Police were called to a Target parking lot on a suspicious person call.  When officers arrived, they saw the man holding a can of computer duster and watched him put the nozzle in his mouth and huff from the can.  Police say the man slumped over in the seat of his car, then repeated the process three more times.  Officers tried to get the man's attention and noticed blood dripping from his mouth.  Fearing for the man's safety, police opened the car door and turned the car off.  Officers spent two minutes trying to wake the man up before he regained consciousness.   When he woke, the man said he was just detailing his car.  The man was cleared by paramedics and taken to jail.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

13-year-old Alabama Girl Dies From Inhalant Abuse

Via WBTV.com

Phil Eudy, of North Carolina and father of 13-year-old Rebecca Eudy, is speaking out against inhalant abuse.  Rebecca died last week after being found in the bathtub of her mother's home in Alabama.  A can of computer duster was nearby.

Mr. Eudy, "wants to tell parents everywhere."  He believes his daughter never intended to die.  That she took a break from watching a movie to take a bath and decided to get a quick "high" by huffing before she got into the bathtub.  Investigators told the family that she probably passed out and drowned in the bathtub.

Eudy says that huffing was something he was not aware of or considered a potential hazard for his daughter.  Eudy wants to help spread awareness and education to other families and urges parents to look for canisters of household products in their child's room, watch for missing items, or to check and see if items have been moved around.


New Zealand Huffing Explosion Leaves Three Suffering From Burns

Via TVNZ.com

A serious huffing incident occurred in the South Auckland area of New Zealand. Two people were hospitalized with serious burns, and a third also received burns. Police say that seven people were huffing gasoline in a back shed.  Neighbors heard a "whoosing" sound and then saw flames coming from the back of the property.  The neighbors reported a smell of plastic after the fire started.

Papakura Police state, "We've come to the address and found a premises which bears sort of all the signs potentially a huffing incident that's kind of gone wrong."

Monday, October 13, 2014

"The Patriot" Star Dies in Probable Huffing Incident

Via TMZ.com

Actress, Skye McCole Bartusiak, who played Mel Gibson's daughter in "The Patriot" passed away in July 2014.    Tests revealed today show that the 21-year-old actress had muscle relaxers, painkillers, and a chemical refrigerant difluoroethane in her system at the time of death.  "Difluoroethane is a colorless gas used as a refrigerant, something huffed to get high."   Her death has been ruled an accidental overdose.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Michigan Man Arrested for Inhaling Intoxicants After More Than 50 Duster Cans Found

Via The Daily Post- Athenian 

A 38-year-old Michigan man was arrested on charges of simple assault and inhaling intoxicants.

Police responded to a motel where the clerk told them two people had been staying in a room for the past several days "yelling and banging on the walls".    When the clerk went to check on the noise no one answer.  He then opened the door and the man reportedly, "charged him, striking the victim several times in the face."   The police officer entered the room and saw the man lying on the bed with a can of computer duster between his legs, apparently trying to hide it.   Police also noticed 15 more empty cans on the floor.  When asked what happened, the man's reply was that he "was huffing on the can of dust spray is probably what happened."

As the man was being handcuffed he reached on the table, grabbed a can, and attempted to huff it. After placing the man into the patrol car, the police found five more empty cans in a small garbage bag and 30 more empty cans in a pillow case.  The man admitted that he and a woman, "had been huffing from them the past several days and that 'he stole a few of the cans from Walmart.'"

Fatal New Jersey Crash Linked to Inhalant Abuse

Via NorthJersey.com

A 48-year-old New Jersey man who was charged with running his pickup truck through a farmers market and dragging a woman to her death in August is now facing additional charges of driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

Police received the results of toxicology tests from the state police laboratory.  The man has been held on a $200,000 bail since the day of the accident, August 10th.  It was on this day that his truck crashed through a police barricade set up on the street of the market.  His truck slammed through at least three stalls belonging to six vendors, all who were just starting to pack up their merchandise after the market closed.  His truck also dragged a 58-year-old woman to her death.

California Restaurant Suspects Vandalism Due to Huffing

Via The Press Enterprise

A California restaurant owner discovered vandalism to his restaurant may have been caused by those looking to get high.

The restaurant owner, who had just opened his restaurant two weeks earlier, noticed that his restaurant seemed unusually warm one morning.  The owners discovered that someone had snipped an air-conditioner copper line that carried a refrigerant fluid.  The restaurant had to close for most of the day costing the owners $1,000 in sales and $400 in repairs.

Two days later the line was cut again.  The owner originally thought the pipe has been cut for metal theft, but wondered why the pipe had not been taken.  However, the manager of the air conditioning repair company offered a more plausible motive: huffing.  "They will huff the refrigerant to get high," the air conditioning company manager said.   The restaurant owner had a steal cage installed over his unit to help prevent further incidents.

Wyoming Crash That Killed 2 Linked to Inhalant Abuse

Via Billings Gazette

Police in Wyoming found evidence of drug and inhalant use in a car that had crashed into the Wyoming Medical Center last month.  During the accident two passengers, both 27 years of age, were killed and the driver, 16 or 17 years-old,  was injured.

A search of the car found a brass pipe that contained residue that smelled like marijuana and also a can of computer duster was found on the driver's floorboard.


South Carolina Woman Neglects Elderly Mother to Huff Spray Paint

Via Fox Carolina

A 58-year-old South Carolina woman is being charged with neglect of a vulnerable adult after her mother wandered from the house while the woman huffed spray paint.  Police were called to the family's home by a neighbor who found the 78-year-old mother in a ditch in his front yard without any clothes on.  The neighbor did not initially get a pulse so he called 911.  The daughter did not come to the door at first, but later answered.  When told that her mother was outside, the woman said "OK" and then closed the door.  She came outside a short while later, but did not appear upset about her mother's condition and she also had a visible discolored ring around her lip.  Police had trouble getting her mother's medical information from the daughter before transporting her to the hospital.

Police say the woman cares for her mother, who is in the advanced stages of dementia.   When police entered the home they could smell a strong odor of paint that was overpowering in the kitchen area.  Police say they saw a can of spray paint on the counter and another in the trash.   The woman struggled to give responses to the police and appeared tired during their conversation.  She was later charged with neglect of a vulnerable adult.

Pennsylvania Woman Faces Child Endangerment and Inhaling Toxic Substances Charges in Huffing Related Incident

Via PennLive.com 

A 22-year-old Pennsylvania mother is facing felony child endangerment charges and a misdemeanor count of smelling/inhaling toxic substances.

Police responded to a compliant that the woman was possibly intoxicated on solvent.  When officers arrived, the woman was described at "completely incapacitated".  Police say the mother was inhaling a can of computer duster while giving her 3-year-old son a bath.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Pennsylvania Man Huffing and Driving

Via Bradford Today

A 19-year-old, Pennsylvania man is facing a reckless endangerment charge after huffing while driving and crashing into a tree.  Police say the man was huffing before losing control of his car and running into a tree.  Both the man and his passenger has to be treated for injuries.  The man is facing a reckless endangerment charge.

New Jersey Woman Arrested Again for Huffing

Via NJ.com

A 29-year-old New Jersey was arrested for disorderly conduct, shoplifting, inhaling toxic chemicals, and being under the influence.   The woman repeatedly inhaled computer duster spray.  Police responded to a local Walmart for a report that a woman was lying on the ground. Police found the woman in the parking lot.  Witnesses said they saw the woman huffing from the duster before falling to the ground.  The woman tried to huff from the duster again but someone pulled the can from her hands.  She was transported to the hospital for treatment.

Later that evening officers were called back to Walmart on a call of a woman stumbling around and lying in the grass.  Officers found the same woman and determined that she was under the influence of dusters again.  She was taken to the hospital for treatment and officers notified crisis intervention in an attempt to protect her from harming herself.  The woman is facing two counts of disorderly conduct, shoplifting, inhaling toxic chemicals, and being under the influence.

The woman had a similar arrest in June 2014 after a day of huffing related incidents.  View the June 2014 post here.