Huffing and Child Neglect

Via the Dubois County Free Press in Indiana:

Last week, a man in Jasper Indiana, was arrested for inhaling toxic vapors, neglect of a dependent and criminal recklessness.

The man was found sitting in his vehicle in a parking lot with the windows rolled up. According to witnesses, he had been sitting in the vehicle with a small child “for a lengthy amount of time.” A woman knocked on the driver’s window repeatedly to get the man’s attention. When he rolled down the window, the woman saw several cans of duster in the vehicle. The woman told the man that help was on the way, but he drove to another parking lot.

Police were notified, and they found the vehicle in a nearby parking lot. The man and the child were taken to the hospital for observation since the man had been huffing and the child had been in the car for about three hours with the windows rolled up. After he was released from the hospital, the man was taken to the Jasper Police Department.