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Showing posts with label abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abuse. Show all posts

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Daughter uses social media to promote huffing awareness

Via News 4 Tucson 

Tucson, AZ: The daughter of a 50-year-old Tucson man took to social media to spread awareness on huffing after her father’s passing. Her video post tells the story of her father’s inhalant abuse and discusses the dangers of these habits going unnoticed. 

Friday, December 2, 2016

Ohio Youth Sentenced to Prison for Aggravated Vehicular Manslaughter

Via Sidney Daily News

An 18-year-old man passed out while driving after huffing, killing his 16-year-old friend on November 8, 2015. He has received a six year prison sentence and a fifty year suspension on his licence for aggravated vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated, and tampering with evidence for attempting to hide the can of compressed air.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Man High on Duster Kills Veteran in Car Crash

via http://www.dispatch.com

A 27-year-old man driving 100 miles per hour killed a war veteran in a head-on collision on Monday.

According to the patrol's written report of the crash, troopers found a can of computer duster between the man's leg and his car's center console. The receipt showed the man had bought it just minutes earlier at the nearby Walmart, near the entrance to the highway where the crash occurred. The man has been charged with driving without a license, aggravated vehicle homicide charges and two counts of aggravated vehicular assault.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Los Angeles Student Found Dead After Huffing Inhalant

via http://www.laloyolan.com

A Los Angeles student was found dead in his vehicle. Reports indicated that officers found him in the car, and it appeared he had been huffing, passed out, and suffocated to death. The student was only 18 years old.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Michigan Man Hospitalized for Huffing and Charged with Resisting Police

Via The Saline Reporter in Michigan:

This past month, a 25-year-old man from Clinton, MI was charged with huffing from a compressed air can twice in a two day period, as well as resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. The man was first found on May 19th outside a restaurant where he was transported to the hospital immediately. After being discharged on May 20th, he was again found huffing and the police were notified by the man's taxi driver who reported he was having seizures. 

When police first arrived they were unable to control the man but were eventually able to place him in handcuffs and transport him back to the University of Michigan Hospital. 

Monday, February 25, 2013

Ohio Man Charged for Huffing Spray Paint



VIA  Fox 45 Now

A 47-year-old man was arrested around 4 a.m. on Monday when police noticed him walking down the street with gold-colored spray paint around his nose and mouth, and on his hands.
The man has been arrested twice for Abusing Harmful Intoxicants.  He reportedly told the police he had stopped huffing but a little voice told him to do it.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Two Wisconsin Women Face Huffing Charges

Via WQOW in Wisconsin

Two separate cases highlight the growing problem of huffing in Wisconsin. One woman was recently seen huffing from an aerosol can then lying on the ground next to a grocery store. The same woman was arrested two years ago after rolling her car while huffing. Several weeks after that she was found in a motel room surrounded by 35 empty aerosol cans.

Another woman was witnessed “huffing, then screaming and falling into various stages of consciousness.” Both women are charged with possessing a hazardous substance with intent to abuse it.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Huffing Computer Duster, Man Crashes Car With Children In Backseat

Via HometownLife

A 32-year-old man in Michigan crashed his car into two trees when he went unconscious while huffing and driving his two young daughters. The man’s car crossed into oncoming traffic, hit a tree, continued straight, then hit another tree. The car stopped just before entering the creek. The man told police he remembers huffing a can of computer duster before the crash. While speaking to police, the man seemed dazed and even began to huff from the can. A second can was found in the creek.

The man was charged with child abuse and reckless driving. His daughters, ages 2 and 5, were not injured. He was ordered no contact with his children.