Whipped Cream Stolen From Shelves

From the Lancaster New Era in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

A 23 year-old Pennsylvania man is being charged with 'summary retail theft and huffing' after allegedly entering a local grocery store and huffing nitrous oxide gas from over 20 cans of whipped cream. The suspect stole several cans of whipped cream from store shelves and proceeded to a deserted aisle where he was able to “squat down and inhale the gas out of the top of the can" without allowing any of the whipped cream to come out. Also referred to as ‘whippets’ – whipped cream is a commonly abused substance that can elicit a short lived ‘high’ for users, often lasting for ten seconds or less. Store surveillance tapes led police to the young suspect, who is facing additional charges pending an investigation into another recent incident that left 25 cans of whipped cream ‘huffed.’