Pennsylvania Man Passes Out in Store Aisle After Huffing

Via the Patriot News in Pennsylvania:

A 27 year old man is facing charges after being accused of huffing two cans of computer duster at a Lowe's Home Improvement store and then striking a store manager in the arm. 

State police were called to the store and a trooper found the man lying unconscious in an aisle, holding two cans of computer duster. He woke up, starting swinging his arms and he hit the store manager. He left the store without paying for the cans and was detained in the parking lot. He had "white inhalation burn marks" below his nose and was taken to the hospital for evaluation before processing at the prison. He is being charged with inhaling a toxic substance, a misdemeanor, and other summary offenses, including harassment, disorderly conduct, retail theft and public drunkenness.

Pennsylvania Man Caught Huffing Four Times in Seven Months

Via Public OpinionLocal News in Pennsylvania:

A Waynesboro man is facing charges from four inhalant abuse incidents in the past seven months.

On April 29 police arrested the man after finding him hunched over in his seat in a Lowes parking lot huffing from a can of computer dusting spray.  On June 25th he was again arrested after police found him in his car in a Wal-Mart parking lot, huffing from a can of computer dusting spray.  On July 22nd Pennsylvania state police found him passed out in the driver’s seat with a can of duster in his hand.  On August 16 he was once again found in his car along the side of the road huffing from a can of duster.  He is “facing three counts of sale or illegal use of certain solvents or noxious substances, one count of smell or inhale toxic releasing substances and two counts of DUI.”

Huffing Inside and Outside Stores in North Carolina

Via 1240 3WC in North Carolina:


Wilkesboro Police were called to a Lowes for a report of a possible shoplifter. When they arrived they were told a man had walked out of the store without paying for the can of computer dusting spray in his possession. A witness noted the man had been huffing the product both inside and outside the store.

The man at first denied it but then admitted to stealing the duster and huffing from the product. He was arrested and taken to jail with a $500 bond.

Former Austin Police Officer found Dead

Austin, TX
Courtesy of the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung

Police are investigating the death of a former member of the Austin Police Department and inhalant abuse is suspected. The 36 year old was found dead in his hotel room surorunded by "many aerosol cans."

The article notes he had been employed by the police department before two incidents where he had been huffing. In one case he was found huffing in a Lowe's Parking lot. In the second, he was found in an apartment complex in Austin surorunded by 36 cans of computer duster.